Maya Bhadauria
Nawala Noorthan is on its last leg and we are getting ready to welcome Dussehra. On this day, we have been reading and listening to such a religious story that Shri Ram killed Ravana in the form of a lie and called the truth. So that means Ravana's body must be somewhere… Symbols and evidences associated with Ramayana and Sri Rama are still present in Sri Lanka. There are several places here that reveal the truth about Rama and Ravana. A research also says that Ramayana is associated with more than 50 places in Sri Lanka alone and Ravana was not cremated. Dashanan's body is preserved in a cave built on a hill in Sri Lanka.
What does the research say? Research conducted by the International Ramayana Research Center has also revealed the place where Ravana's Pushpaka Vimana landed from Asokavatika. Apart from this, this research also claims to find footprints of Hanumanji. However, all these things could not be verified. It is said in the research that Lord Sri Rama killed Ravana 10 thousand years ago, but after killing Ravana, Sri Rama handed over Ravana's dead body to his brother Vibhishan for cremation, but Vibhishan could not perform the last rites of Ravana in his hurry to take the throne and Ravana's body remained lying there. . Ravana's body has been preserved in a cave as a mummified body by applying a special type of plaster inside a coffin so that nothing will happen to this body for thousands of years. Also, according to research, it is 18 feet long and 5 feet wide. According to this research, the cave is a huge cave at an altitude of eight thousand feet in the dense forests of Raigala in Sri Lanka, where Ravana performed severe penance. Ravana's dead body is still preserved in this cave. The Sri Lankan government and the people there still believe that Ravana is on earth. Snakes and monstrous animals guard the mummified body of Ravana and the treasure buried there.
The people of Nagakula did this. According to a legend, the people of Nagakula then buried Ravana's dead body. The people of Nagkul believed that Ravana's death was temporary and he would come back to life. He tried several times to revive Ravana, but was unsuccessful. After that he used many types of chemicals to preserve Ravana's body and preserved it as a mummy.
Sri Lankans have a different belief for Ravana, the lord of Lanka, that the mighty warrior and the idealistic king are two sides of every story. Yes, even though they don't worship Ravana, they see him as a mighty warrior, a hero. Sri Lanka is predominantly Sinhalese-Buddhist. There is also a section in this community who see Ravana as a great idealistic king. These people believe that Ravana lost only because his brother Vibhishan helped Sri Rama. So in the 1980s, there were many attempts to prove Ravana as a national hero. At that time, the Indian Army had to enter Sri Lanka amid a civil war-like situation. When the Indian Army set foot in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan Janata Vimukti Peramuna organization put up posters of them calling them Vanarasena. After that Ravana was depicted as a political symbol along with Sri Lanka's first satellite being named after Ravana.
The people of Bemat India believe that if Ravana had not abducted Sita, the war with Rama would never have happened. While the Sri Lankans believe that the real reason behind the war was because Lakshman cut off Suparnakha's nose. These people believe that Ravana did what an elder brother would do to avenge his younger sister.
Many reasons for seeing Ravana as a hero Ravana was skilled in both education and warfare. Ravana's ten heads were considered as the gift of knowledge. Ravana was also proficient in administrative knowledge. According to the Puranas, Ravana was a learned physician. More than six books in Ayurveda speak in the name of Ravana. According to mythology, Pushpaka Vimana was invented by Ravana. He loved to learn and create new things. Ravana was a great devotee of Shiva. Being pleased with his devotion, Lord Shiva gifted him divine weapons.
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