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Ravana and what message do his 10 heads give us

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Ravana was a great warrior, but he is portrayed as a negative personality in Indian history due to his evil karmas during the Treta Yuga. But few know that this character was a great scholar, a magnificent ruler and a worshipper of Lord Shiva. Apart from this he is very famous because of the 10 Heads he possessed and hence known as “Dashagriva”. But do you know the story behind his ferocious 10 heads? Some say that his 10 heads were an optical illusion which was caused due to a necklace of 9 pearls given by his mother. And others say that to please Shiva, Ravan had axed his own head but every time he did so a new head grew. This happened for 10 times and this is how he got 10 heads. History says that his heads depicted 6 Shastras and 4 Vedas he had attained in his life. Sankhyashastra (Mathematics) Yog Shastra (Yoga as a way of life, meditation) Nyayashastra (Law and administration) Vaisheshik Shastra (Physics, astronomy, mechanics) Purvamimansa (Philosophy, Justifi...

The Secret Wishes Of The Great Villain! ‘RAVANA’

You Say Ravana Was A Villain? Yes, he may be! But from which activities did we judge it? Is it because he abducted Sita? Probably! How will you judge him to be, after hearing his wishes? Let’s check the wishes the Lanka king – Ravana had. Make Sea water sweet and drinkable How sweet of the most famous villain to think of making the vast salty seas sweeter. He could see the less availability of drinking water in comparison to the large quantities of water in this earth. This made him wish for a more productive side of the sea. Rains should pour when one chooses to Ravana was well aware of the problems farmers face when rain does not pour and yields poor or destroyed crops. So, he wanted rain to be controlled by every individual. Every time, somebody felt that they needed water for irrigation, they would just call up Lord Indra and he will have to oblige them with rain. This type of thought can come only to a sympathetic person. Gold should have a beautiful fragrance ...