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His son was brutally killed when multiple warriors ganged up on him after breaking his bow from behind. In his grief he had taken the oath to kill ...

Eighth section of Shri Ganesha Purana mentions these eight incarnations of Ganapati, which defeated the eight vices in the form of fierce demons.  ...

Shatrughna told Lavana that he would kill him and send him to Yama’s abode. The rakshasa flung a tree, but Shatrughna shattered it into a hundred p...

Madhu, the rakshasa, married Kumbhinasi and had a son named Lavana. The sages told Rama that Lavana possessed Rudra’s trident that his father gave ...

Rama told his brothers that Sita wanted to spend time in the ashramas. He asked them to ensure Sita was taken to Valmiki’s ashrama, which was like ...

Rama bowed to Agastya and told him that even though Ravana and Vali were powerful, they were nothing before Hanuman. Rama then recounted Hanuman’s ...

Indra was deeply distressed at his humiliation. Brahma then reminded him of how he had violated Ahalya, who had been given by Brahma himself to the...

Ravana advised his widowed sister, Surpanakha, to stay with her brother, Khara. Ravana then gave Khara a large army led by Dushana. With the army a...

Ravana then met the divine sage Narada in a forest. The sage praised Ravana’s valour and asked why he killed innocent humans. Narada told Ravana th...

Dashagriva was furious and announced that if he could not cross the mountain, he would uproot it and throw it away. Bending low, he inserted his ar...

In this post on our Ramayana for beginners series we cover the marriage of Ravana and his brothers and his conflict with his step-brother Kubera.

Read the post to find out about Ravana's meeting with Mayasura and his war against Alkapuri. 

जब अनेक इन्द्रप्रस्थवासियों ने पाण्डवों के साथ वन में रहने का निश्चय किया तब युधिष्ठिर ने अपने पुरोहित धौम्य ऋषि से बिना राजसी वैभव के इतने सारे लोगों का भरण-पोषण करने का उपाय पूछा तब उन्होंने सूर्यदेव के १०८ नामों वाले इस स्त्रोत्र से उनकी उपासना करने का सुझाव दिया। धौम्य ऋषि की बात मानकर सूर्यदेव की स्तुति करने कर युधिष्ठिर को उसे अक्षय पात्र की प्राप्ति हुई।