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Ravana: Media

Hindu mythology

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Ravana
The 10-headed demon (rakshasa) king Ravana attended by another rakshasa....
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, Gift of George P. Bickford (1966.143), www.clevelandart.org.
Ravana's court
Shurpanakha (center) demanding that her brother Ravana (enthroned, right) exact revenge...
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.107 (CC0)
Ravana's abduction of Sita
Illustrating the pivotal story in the third book of the Ramayana, this folio...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter (M.86.345.3), www.lacma.org
Ravana lifting Mount Kailāsa
The divine couple Shiva and Parvati sitting atop Mount Kailāsa (Kailash) while the...
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Sundry Purchase Fund (1971.173), www.clevelandart.org
Burning demon festival
An effigy of the demon Ravana erupting into flames to mark the end of Dussehra in...
© Satish Bate—Hindustan Times/Getty Images