Now
a day I am hearing that some people have started worshiping Ravana because they
claim that Ravana was a learned man. I would like to put some facts from the
books and information I received from my ancestors and also my personal
experience.
Only north Indian Brahmins worship Ravana and
not south Indian
I
belong to a village in western Uttar Pradesh and my family is settled in Delhi.
In my childhood I heard stories from Brahmins that Ravana was a great man and
south Indian people worship Ravana and not Ram. Latter on I happened to work in
south India and found that south Indian people worship Ram more than north
Indians do. So why north Indian Brahmins are spreading a lie about south India?
The answer is that they love Ravana because he was a north Indian Brahmin.
Ravana's father Visarva married a south Indian girl and Ravana was born to her.
North Indian brahmins are unable to accept a Kshariya who killed a wrong doing
Brahmin as God. Despite it being a well-known fact that Ravana was a bad son,
as bad brother, a bad husband, a bad father, a bad king and biggest
sinner of all time. Brahmin's are not ready to accept Ravana as a bad man
and Ram as God because he killed Ravana, therefore they are spreading stories
that Ravana is respected by south Indian's and Shri Lankan people and north
Indian people (north Indian non brahmin people) should also stop worshiping Ram
and start worshiping Ravana. This is height of castist mentality of of Brahmins
that they are ready to defend Ravana because he was born in a Brahmin family.
You can imagine how much they will support present day sinners who are
Brahmins.
Ravana was not called Dashanan when Tulsidas
was writing Ramcharitmanas
Now
a days Ravana is called Dashanan (One having ten heads) to honor his so called
intelligence. I would like to tell you that at least till 15th century Ravana
was not referred as Dashanan because Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas,
used Dashanan for referring to bhagwan Shiv. I remember reading episode of
union of Bharat and Ram in Chtarkoot from Ramcharitmanas in my hindi book
and was surprised to read that Kakayi took oath of Dashanan and plead to Ram to
return to Ayodhya. I asked my teacher why Kakayi is taking oath of Ravana. My
teacher answered that when Tulsidas was writing Ramcharitmanas Ravana was not
called Dashnan but bhagwan Shiv was called Dashanan and Kakayi is taking oath
of bhagwan Shiv to plead to Ram to return back to Ayodhya. Ravana was started
being called Dashanan after Britishers came to India. It was attempt to make
Ravana as a god because we Hindu believe that gods have multiple heads and more
than two hands. But non Brahmin Hindus never accepted Ravana as god despite
news being spread that he had ten heads. People believed that Ram with one head
is God and Ravana can't be a god despite having ten heads.
Ravana was a coward with no self-respect
Ravana
captured Lanka with help of Kumbhkarana and Vibhishana from his half-brother
Kuber. Kuber had a soft corner for Ravana because he was his half-brother
(person having same father but different mother). Kuber did not resist with his
full force when Ravana attacked Lanka. Ravana did not love his brothers and for
him they were just tools for fulfilling his selfish needs. Ravana was a
characterless person who used to kidnap girls from his own territory and
outside his territory. He appointed his ministers not on merit but based on how
many beautiful girls they get for Ravana. No girl was safe in Lanka and Ravana
was protecting rapists. Lanka was becoming week because talented and dedicated
people of Lanka were being neglected and characterless sycophants were being
promoted.
Supnakha
was also a characterless woman just like his brother. She once saw Ram and
proposed him not for marriage but for extra marital sex which Ram refused. Now
a days when Ramayana is told in Mandirs were even children are listening, the
person telling Ramayana can't tell the truth and say that she proposed Ram for
marriage but we should understand the real truth. Shupnakha took same proposal
of extra merrital sex to Lakshmana after refusal from Ram, Lakshmana also
refused her proposal. After that Supnakha tried to kill Sita, seeing that
Lakshmana put his sword between Shupnakha and Sita and by chance Supnakha's
nose got cut. It was not intentional but just to save Sita. Ravana Bhakat
brahmins say that Ram cut Supnakha's nose intentionally but it is not true.
Supnakha
went to Khar and Dushan to take her revenge. Khar and Dushan were brave and not
coward like Ravana so they went ahead and attacked Ram with their military
strength. Ram being a good brother did not send his brother to fight with enemy
and he himself went to fight with enemy. Ram killed both Khar and Dushan.
Supnakha
knew very well that Ravana was coward and selfish person and did not care about
insult of his sister so she played a different game there. She knew that Ravana
have lust for women, so she told Ravana that she wanted to kidnap a beautiful
woman for him and in this process lost her nose. Ravana was very happy with his
sister for her commendable job. He did not listen to thing that some man has
cut his sister's nose but listened to only fact that a beautiful woman is there
in Panchvati.
He
did not have courage to come in front of Ram or Lakshman so he was hiding near
Panchvati for a long time waiting for a moment when both Ram and Lakshman were
away from Panchvati. Once he got that opportunity when Sita sent Ram to capture
a gold colored deer. Capturing a deer take more time and effort than killing
one. Ram went far ahead in forest after the deer. Ravana took that opportunity
and shouted in changed voice for help to Lakshman and Sita. Sita thought that
it was Ram's voice and sent Lakshmana for Ram's help. Ravana kidnapped Sita and
took her to Lanka on his Pushpak Vimana which was operated by his Pilate and
not by Ravana himself.
Sita was physically more powerful than Ravana
Sita
thought that she was being a woman was weaker than a man. So she kept crying
for help all the way to Lanka but nobody helped her. When she reached Lanka and
Ravana's palace was is site Sita jumped out of Pushpak Vimana and fell in Ashok
Vatika. Ravana after parking his plane went to Ashok Vatika to take Sita to his
palace. But Sita knowing that no one will help her captured all her strength
and punched hard on Ravana's head and she was amazed to see that Ravan fall
flat unconscious on the ground. When Ravana got consciousness back he
remembered Nal Kuber's curse which he got after raping Nal Kuber's wife that he
will get killed if he tried raping another woman. Ravana thought that one more
punch from Sita will finish him all. He captured Sita in Ashok Vatika and never
dared to come close to Sita after that.
Ravana sent everyone to war but himself was
in hiding till end of the war
Ravana
sent all his son's and brothers for war but did not dare to go to war till the
end of the war. He did not love his sons or brothers. They were just tool to be
used for his selfish need. Ravana was not having Amrit Kund in his naval as
projected now a day. Ravana died at the hand of Ram because he was defeated in
battle of bow and arrows and Vibhishan had no role to play there. Killing
Ravana was not a big deal for Ram but killing of Kumbhkaran and killing of
Meghnath was because those were brave and powerful.
I
plan to write a book with more details about Ramayna but for now I end this
post here.