It is said that Kubera was overthrown by his demon stepbrother Ravana, the powerful Emperor who built a mythical flying machine named Dandu Monara.

During Rama's exile in the forest, Ravana kidnapped his wife Sita from their hut while Rama was hunting a golden deer, and his brother Lakshman went after him.

The main antagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana, Ravana, was a Brahmin from his father's side and a Daitya from his mother's side.

Ravana was a Brahmana — Rakshasa.

He was the mightiest person in all the three worlds, and thus even tenheaded Ravana could not defeat him in battle.

He was the contemporary of Ravana.

Ravana ( the Lord of Lanka ), who was camping by the banks of the river was furious over this.

Another account states that when Ravana came " in the course of his campaign of conquest to Mahishmati ( the capital of Kartavirya ), he was captured without difficulty, and was confined like a wild beast in a corner of his city.

Ravana was a cross of Brahmin and Daitya thus attaining a status of BrahmaRakshasa.

Kartavirya Arjuna humbles Ravana ( right ) Ravana was born to a great sage Vishrava ( or Vesamuni ), and his wife, the daitya princess Kaikesi.

Ravana was thus partly Brahmin and partly Daitya.

Father Vishrava noted that while Ravana was aggressive and arrogant, he was also an exemplary scholar.

Ravana was also an excellent veena player and the sign of his flag had a picture of veena on it.

Ravana is believed to be related to Lavanasura, also regarded as a Rakshasa, of Madhupura ( Mathura ) in the region of the Surasenas, who was conquered & killed by Shatrughna, youngest brother of Rama.

After worshipping a Shiva Linga on the banks of the Narmada, in the more central Yadu region, Ravana was captured and held under the control of King Kartavirya Arjuna, one of the greatest Yadu kings.

It is very clear from the references in the Ramayana that Ravana was no commoner among the Humans or Asuras, a great chanter of the Sama Veda.

Vishrava, their father, advised Kubera to give it up to him, as Ravana was now undefeatable.

Proceeding to the heavens, Ravana fought and defeated the devas, singling out his brother for particular humiliation.

On the day of Ashvin Shukla Dashami, Rama's party found Sita dead and defeated Ravana.

Ravana is ultimately defeated and slain by Rama.

Whoever took Sita even if it is Ravana I have defeated them and would have taken them at your feet and at your mercy.

Later, when Rama defeated Ravana, Rama crowned Vibhishana as the king of Lanka.

A famous tympanum from Banteay Srei depicts Shiva sitting on Mount Kailasa with his consort, while the demon king Ravana shakes the mountain from below.

In Ramayana, when the demon king Ravana ordered the killing of Hanuman, Ravana's younger brother Vibhishana pointed out that messengers or diplomats should not be killed or arrested, as per ancient practices.

Ravana belonged to the tribe Raksha, which lived alongside four Hela tribes named Yaksha, Deva, Naga and Gandharva.

In absence of both Rama and Lakshman, Ravana kidnaps Sita.

The Ramayana consists of 24, 000 verses in seven books () and 500 cantos (), and tells the story of Rama ( an avatar of the Hindu preserver-God Vishnu ), whose wife Sita is abducted by the king of Sri Lanka, Ravana.

The characters Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Hanuman and Ravana are all fundamental to the cultural consciousness of India, Bhutan, Sri_lanka, Nepal, Burma and many South-East Asian countries such as Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia.

It is believed to have originated among the Hela civilisation of Sri Lanka in the time of King Ravana. This string instrument has been recognised as one of the oldest string instrument in the world history.

Rama ( right ) seated on the shoulders of Hanuman, battles the demon-king Ravana, scene from Ramayana.

Ravanasura means mighty Ravana.

By the merit that resulted from his mother's strict and faithful observance of Padmini Ekadasi, he could defeat even the dreaded Ravana.

" The Vayu Purana states that Kartavirya invaded Lanka, and there took Ravana as prisoner.

In North India, the tenth day, signifying Rama's victory in his battle against the demon Ravana, is celebrated as Dussehra-gigantic straw effigies of Ravana are burnt in designated open spaces ( e. g. Delhi's Ram Lila grounds ), watched by thousands of families and little children.

Hanuman's finding was that Ravana was holding Sita captive in his island fortress of Lanka Then Sugriva placed his army of monkeys at Rama's disposal.

ParaShakthi rode in the center on the chariot of Sri Chakra. Nithya Devi destroyed a large chunk of Bandasura ’ s armies, Bala Devi killed the son of Bandasura, and Manthrini and Dhandini killed his brothers called Vishanga and Vishukra. When the Asuras created blockade for the marching army, Sri Lalitha Tripura sundari created Ganesha with the help of Kameshwara to remove the blockade. Then Bandasura created the asuras called Hiranyaksha, Hiranya Kasipu and Ravana. The Devi created the ten avatars of Vishnu and destroyed them.

Then on the promise of Sivan, Ravana started claiming.

Then in the fifth yuga you took birth as Ten-headed Ravana.

Ravana also authored Ravana Sanhita, a powerful book on the Hindu astrology.

To show Nandi his love for Shiva, Ravana attempted to uproot and move the mountain on a whim.

It was during this incident that he acquired the name ' Ravana ', meaning "( He ) Of the terrifying roar ", given to him by Shiva-the earth is said to have quaked at Ravana's cry of pain when the mountain was pinned on him.

After Ravana had been given the Celestial juice of Immortality by Brahma, he went on to please Shiva.

His abilities now truly awe-inspiring, Ravana proceeded on a series of campaigns, conquering humans, celestials and other demons.

Ravana and his brother Kumbhakarna were born to fulfill the curse on the second birth as enemies of Vishnu in the Treta Yuga.

In one chapter, Ravana himself appears with his soldiers and instructs one king Marutha on Ahimsa and threatens the Vedic priests with dire consequences.

However, he fought on the side of Ravana and was killed in the battlefield.

The Ravana temple is opened once in a year, on Dashehra Day, to perform puja for the welfare of Ravana.

While Ravana was on tour to Alwar he realized that he forgot to bring the image of Parsvanath.

The say that since time immemorial they are performing the shraddh ( death anniversary ) of Ravana on Dashehra Day every year.

Having obtained his boon, Ravana started back on his journey to Lanka.

Sage Narada, realised that with the Atmalinga, Ravana may obtain immortality and create havoc on earth, approached Lord Ganesh to help him.

Ganesh struck a deal with him saying that he would call Ravana thrice, and if Ravana did not return within that time, he would place the Atmalinga on the ground.

As predicted, before Ravana could return after completing his rituals, Ganesh had already placed the Atmalinga on the ground.

An Effigy of Ravana with burning sparklers on Dusshera.