Worshipers of Ravana

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.