16. MAJESTY OF IMMORTALITY
Raavana meditated for thousand years and received a blessing of immortality from Lord Brahma, but he could be only killed if he was attacked at his naabhi (naval). Vibhishan knew this and informed Lord Ram of his weakness on the tenth day of the battle.
17. RAVANA AIRWAYS
His Pushpak Vimana, which Lord Rama used to fly back Sita post her rescue, is very popular. But what is not widely known is that Ravana had a number of such airplanes and even had airports to land. Weragantota in Mahiyangana, Thotupola Kanda at Horton Plains, Wariyapola in Kurunegala and Gurulupotha in Mahiyangana are some of the places in Sri Lanka that are still referred as airports Ravana used.
Legend has it that Raavana had a flying chariot (Pushpak) in which he flew Sita to Lanka. So we can pretty much conclude that Raavana was quite rich and had his own private Jet.
18. RAVANA AND HIS BROTHER KUMBHKARAN WERE ACTUALLY AVATARS OF VISHNU’S GATEKEEPERS.
Ravana and his brother Kumbhkaran were actually Jaya and Vijaya, the gatekeepers of Vishnu, which made them a little arrogant. So much so that once when the four Kumaras, mind-born sons of Brahma showed up at the gates of Vaikunth (Vishnu’s abode), Jaya-Vijaya mistook them for naked children (a result of their tapasya). This enraged the sages so much, they cursed Jaya-Vijaya saying that they would be parted from their lord. When they asked for forgiveness, the sages said that they could either spent seven lifetimes on earth as Vishnu’s avatars’ allies or three lifetimes as their enemies. They naturally chose the latter. In one of those three lifetimes, Jaya-Vijaya were born as Ravana and Kumbhkaran.
19. RAVANA TEN HEADS
His ten heads is the symbol of his god-like proficiency in the four Vedas and the six Shastras. He also possessed the highest degree of knowledge in astronomy and is even said to control the planetary movements. Fostering this is an instance – when Indrajit (his son) was about to take birth, he instructed all the 9 planets to align in a row in order for Indrajit to be a special child. But somehow Saturn fell out of the way and Ravana exacted revenge from him.
20. RAVANA SANHITA
Ravana Sanhita, a book that is considered the holy grail of Hindu Astrology, was originally authored by Ravana.
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