We just celebrated Dussehra over the weekend and one way of celebrating this festival is by burning Raavan’s effigy. Throughout my life, I don’t remember seeing an effigy of Raavan but I got lucky this time. You would be surprised to know where I found this one – in a Business Park! And I found this super cute – not one but 9 grinning faces!
It’s hard for me to go totally wordless so here are some quick facts :
- This Raavan has 9 heads depicting one head sacrificed to Lord Shiva.
- Did you know that the 10 heads of Raavan depict the knowledge of 6 Shastras and 4 Vedas?
- Raavan is also known as Dashaanan (Dasa meaning ten and anan meaning face)
- Raavan was born to a sage, father and a kshatriya rakshasa mother thus attaining a status of Brahmarakshas
My 5/n post on WW and also linking to the Write Tribe Pro Bloggers Challenge – October (Post #4). A pledge to write daily or at least write more than September 🙂
happiness and food 
I counted twice to make sure why one was missing 😀 now, I know. Also, Raavan ruled 10 kingdoms and so 10 heads, obviously also due to the incomparable knowledge indeed.
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I counted many many times even while clicking pictures and I almost thought it was a miss until I read more :)Thanks Shashank!
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I didn’t know any of this.
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Yes, blogging helps us learn so many things about each other. Thank you for having a look!
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Amazing pic. Raavan was a man of high knowledge and wisdom, I feel. It reminds me of the Ramleela song in AKS.
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Thanks Vishal 🙂
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Thank you for a taste of a culture different from mine.
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My pleasure! Thanks for stopping by!
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Raavan. was highly read. He had great knowledge of scriptures.The pic, is unique. Never seen one like this one.
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Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Yes, he was really well read and devotee of Shiva. It is said he got killed by Ram cos he wanted to attain Nirvana by getting killed by an incarnation of God.
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This Ravan is so cute…kids may demand a soft toy like this.
Thanks for the pic & the addeda mythology fact…
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Thanks Anirudh! Yes – may be a good buisness proposition to have stuffed toys of Raavan 🙂
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Great pic! interesting facts, Parul 🙂
Nice discovery!
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Thank you Anita!
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