Sita is worshipped as a Goddess, who can transcend consciousness. In Ramayana being the wife of Rama, she had to suffer from different trials and obstacles. Till her death, which is known as Sati she had burnt herself to the pyres of fire. Leaving the Kingdom of Ayodhya to exile with Rama and Lakshman was the worst time that she had after her marriage. But her abilities and courage always point out as a capable ruler who could replace Rama and rule the Kingdom.

Kaikeyi did not want Rama being the stepson to be the king of Ayodhya. Even Sita had stepped out with Rama to the exile for spending fourteen years. Being a ruler, Rama was considered as the admired ruler by his people. On other hand, Sita had also the ability to replace Rama. Her spread of popularity as the Sita Mataa, after the birth of Luv and Kush, had elevated.

Power of courage and honesty

The power of Sita has shattered the evil and dominating thoughts of Ravana. Ravana being the most powerful King, the demon was not been able to force and divert Ramaa. She was honest to express her feelings about Ramaa and also the hatred towards the King of Demons.

Her honesty to speak clear and courage to face the Demon points to her ability to manage enemies. A ruler of a kingdom requires to have the characteristics for a strong reign.

Sati rituals and her return shows ability of capable ruler

Rituals by Sati have been practiced in real times even after several years of the mythological story of Ramayana. To prove her innocence and her commitment towards Ramaa she jumped in the bed of fire. After returning from the captive of Ravana, she had to prove her purity to society.

Her beginning journey was with Rama but slowly she was found to fight her journey alone. To prove her innocence and courage towards society, it made her popular among her people. She had earned a distinctive identity as a brave woman with unbeatable power.

Determined and intelligent

After her return back to the forest, she gave birth to twins, Luv and Kush. Both were grown under the guidance of Valmiki. Well trained in arms, weapons, and other skills, she tried to put in the best effort for her kids.

Sita’s determination and intelligence have enabled her twins to give an education similar to the King’s child.

Devoted and farsighted as capable ruler

Her devotion towards her husband led her to leave the Kingdom,  separate from Ramaa. Despite undergoing through the Agni Pariksha she was thrown out into the jungle while she was pregnant. Almost after a decade of staying together they had twins, had she not been to exile then both Luv and Kush would have been ruling the Kingdom.

Rama was able to rule his kingdom but to further think about the future of the Kingdom, Sita had better intentions and capabilities. Being a capable ruler needs to be farsighted, committed, and courageous, Sita had all the features to rule a Kingdom better than Kaikeyi.

The post How Could Sita Be Capable Ruler In Absence of Rama? appeared first on Youngisthan.in.

Meenakshi is another name the one of the mythological legend Shurpanakha. The ten headed demon’s sister of Ravana is popular for her cruel character and her indulgence to distract Rama and Lakshma from rescuing  Sita. Ramayana describes her as  Rakshashi with nails similar to the winnowing fans. Daughter of Rakshashi Kaikeshi, her presence in the mythological stories as demoness Surpanakha is famous.

Surparnakha, the name was introduced in a mythological story, Ramayana an entirely disliked character. A demon with all the ill characters’ dark skin, crooked behavior, and bad brassy vocal are a few of the features of many. After her birth, she was given the name of Meenakshi but she became renowned as Surpanakha.

Sorrowful life of Meenakshi or Demoness Surpanakha

Her birth is less known to the world, the sister of the powerful demon who had a tragic life. Both the name give to Meenakshi or Surpanakha meant sharpness compared to the winnowing nails. Due to the devil-like nails sharp and long, her name Meenakshi was lesser-known. Slowly she became popular as the Surpanakha, sharp nails.

Meenakshi was not so popular as the sister of Ravana until her role was observed in Ramayana. Cutting off her nose and returning to her demon brother in grief was itself a heart-touching story. The cruel lady was attracted to Rama and wanted to marry him. But Rama described his commitment to his lady Sita. He did not want to think about any second woman which he revealed through his kindness.

Being deprived of Rama she approached Lakshmana. Humilation and ignorance of the Lakshmana led her to return to the form of demoness or Rakshashi. While the younger brother of Rama had cut the nose of Meenakshi when she tried to attack Sita.

Surpanakha was an evil character but her presence and being humiliated by the brothers despite being strong as the demons made her popular. Meenakshi was her birth name but due to her cruel and crooked nature to the long-nailed appearances similar to demons. She became popular as Surpanakha that defines the cruelty of the demons greater than Meenakshi.

On other hand, Meenakshi is another name of Goddess Parvati. It did not match with the roles of the demons. It is also another reason that birth name was slowly lost and rose with another.

Epic role in Indian Mythology

Demoness Surpanakha was an epic role in Indian Mythology. Being the sister of the demon she was less recognized. Unless her nose was thwarted. None of her appearances were matching to the birth name Meenakshi. Nor she had beautiful sharp eyes nor kind heart, but it matched with Surpanakha.

In her song of death, she mentions her sorrow when dishonored for expressing her feelings. Above all, she also believed that despite ugly looks due to the absence of a nose she was happy. It is because she was able to play all the roles as a demoness.

In Indian Mythology her presence is less as Meenakshi while more known for the role of the demons sister who  felt for the Hindu Lord Rama.

The post Why Surpanakha Was Also Known As Meenakshi? appeared first on Youngisthan.in.

King Ravana is a negative character of Ramayana, the king of Lanka with the power of “Dusshanan”. The king with ten heads enhances the power of being immortal.

The top disciple of Lord Shiva was this 10 headed King. Due to his intense devotion towards Lord Shiva, he became the closest devotees blessed with the boon of never dying.

Though he has a defaming character for kidnapping Sita, the great King was one of the best Kings of Epic.

King Ravana with skills of Warrior

The ancient literature and arts mention Ravana as one of the great warriors who belongs to the empire of Lanka. Ravana was the king who won several battles and defeating demons, emperors to capturing territories.
Being a great ruler “King Ravana”, who has fought till the end as per in the epic Ramayana. The battle between Ram and Ravana continued for 10 days, but killing him was not easy at all. He was a person with courage and determination. During the 20^th century, he was declared as the ultimate Dravidian hero by the political Periyar.

Immortal King Ravana

After chopping the head 10 times to please lord Shiva, he was blessed with 10 heads with immortality. The superior King was also blessed with immortality due to his extreme Tapasya to gain the blessings of never dying.

Finally, he was given the boon of celestial nectar immortality. The Great King Ravana knew about his death, he was aware that the powerful emperor will be killed by the incarnation of Vishnu. His blessings of immortality were in danger with the birth of Lord Rama.

Musician, Artist, and Scholar

The art scriptures describe Ravana as a great artist who has knowledge of 64 different arts. The powerful demon also had the knowledge of tantra vidya, who is known as Brahmyarakshasha. As a musician, he was an excellent Veena player. Being well skilled in music and art he invented the Ravanhatha.

The instrument was easy for the beginners to learn the ragas and play them. It was similar to a violin that was connected with strings for playing the Ragas. So, the Great King, the Dravidian ruler had a keen interest in music, and the poet has the composition “Rudra Stotra” dedicating to Lord Shiva.

Astrologer

Ravana was a great astrologer with greater knowledge wrote the book “Ravana Samahita”. He also invented the Ayurvedic method “Arka Sastra”. His Kumara Tantra is the guidance to treat the diseases related to infants.

The great King Ravana had the wisdom that was able to determine with his descriptive information about astrology in his book.

Great Grandson of Brahma

The ruler of the demons, Ravana was the Great Grandson of Brahma. He was the son of a priest or Rishi Visrava, who was a Brahmin and married Kaikesi from the demon community. This is the reason he is known as a Brahmarakshasha.

Demon or the Great King Ravana has always been introduced as a powerful villain character. But apart from kidnapping Sita, that led to ending his immortality due to ego and overconfidence. Ravana was a Great scholar and Ruler.

The post Believe or Not Ravana was a Great King appeared first on Youngisthan.in.

Whenever we remind ourselves about the Indian mythology the popular are Mahabharata and Ramayana. The epics of mythological characters that are surviving with people and religion. The scripture depicted on the walls external and internal describes the different philosophical aspects. The Vedic stories are the description of the religious literature that is always in belief, not only as religion but a guide to self-improvements.

Some of the interesting facts that no one can deny about Indian mythology are as follows:

The rule of Samsara:

The life cycle of a human being is the major part to understand if born as a human being. Four major parts of life are birth, with the different stages of life, death, and reincarnation. It is mentioned in the Vedic and epics, that inspires people to lead a better life. All the sculptures of the ancient times on the temples and ancient structures speaks about the life and the stages that one has to follow.

“There is neither joy nor any sorrow for one who Transcended samsara, with a peaceful mind He will always live As If he can without a body”.

Game of Karma

We all are aware of Karma, the way it plays with the fortune while there is a keen belief in both the actions and reactions. It is already described in Vedics and also in the sacred books of the Hindus. Indian Mythology has always been descriptive about bad things and good things that are undoubtedly a person has to face due to their deeds. If you do anything good in life it has always had something better in your life and for bad you have to pay the worst in your life before death.

Bhagavad Gita

Whenever we talk or think about Mahabharata, it has the greatest collection of verses from Mahabharata. The character of Lord Krishna who has been the savior of and guide to Arjuna, the verses are from the Bhagavad Gita. Indian mythology cannot be imagined without the religious sacred book. Hindus are a great believer of Gita, perhaps if they believe or may not follow them religiously.

Gods and deities

Krishna has been the ruler, the incarnation of Vishnu who will always rule as the deity of Karma. There is always a belief that whenever there will be an end to the world due to inhumanity. The rebirth of Krishna will bless the world with rebirth to the world.

Krishna said “ Whenever evil flourished in the world, God born as a human form to defeat the evil people. This happens in all distinctive yugas”.

Divine in a culture where the celebration for Gods or deities are also inspired and known from Indian mythology. The rebirth and incarnation of the Devi Durga, the King of the Universe Lord Shiva are also part of Indian Mythology. Hindu religion believes to celebrate with offerings to the deities as per mentioned in the mythological books. Indian Mythology depicts the truth about the life cycle that the human has to follow in each yuga.

The post Interesting Facts About Inspiring Indian Mythology appeared first on Youngisthan.in.

We have grew up reading The Ramayana.

This is one staple religious book any Indian kid can’t go without coming across, especially when there were graphic novel versions available aplenty also. When someone asks you about Ramayana stories, the first that crosses the mind that how Lord Rama won Sita’s hand into marriage by hitting the bull’s eye or how the forever demonized Ravana abducted Sita to flex his ego against Ram.

However, Ramayana is classified into Seven Kandas  or parts such as Balakanda, Ayodhya Kanda, Aranya Kanda, Kishkindha Kanda, Sundara Kanda, Yuddha Kanda, Uttara Kanda.

The stories from Ramayana are not merely stories which we realized as we grew up and understood that they had strong life messages. Now, quickly brush up your knowledge on the 4 most lesser known stories of Ramayana:

Ram’s lost ring:

To teach Hanumana, his ardent devotee the inevitability of death, once Lord Rama threw his ring on the floor which created a crack. Hanumana, in search for Rama’s ring entered the crack and upon entering he flound himself landed in Laga-lok where he explained everything to the serpant hking, He then took him to a mountain of rings and asked Hanumana to pick up his lord’s ring and Hanuman found out that every ring belongs to Rama. The serpant king then explained to him that the rings are the repository of circle of life and no one can stop death. One has to die to be reborn again and that is how the circle of life continues.

Sita’s tears:

When Sita was abducted by Ravana leaving Rama in a state of despair, a crane came to Rama saying that its feathers turned white as Sita’s tears fell on its feathers from the chariot of Ravana.Overwhelmed with joy, Rama blessed it that it won’t have to work for four months in the monsoon abut the crane was apprehensive that everyone would judge him for eating the leftover food of its wife. Rama then explained to it that as Sita is his equal, every wife is equal to her husband and there is no shame in eating the food she brings home.

The story of Indumati’s  death:

Indumati was the wife of Aja, grandfather of lord Rama and father of Dasaratha. It is said that her husband too died after her death because he mourned her too much. However, when alive, Indumati was once taking a stroll in the garden when a flower fell from the Narada’s garden and Indumati passed away followed by a state of shock.

When Lakshman’s wife slept for fourteen years:

When Lord Rama was exiled, Lakshmana was worried for his brother and sister-in-law’s safety and he accompanied them to the forest. Then the goddess of sleep, Nidra came to him and Lakshmana begged that he didn’t want to sleep as he is committed to the safety of his elder brother. Nidra retorted that one has to sleep for fourteen years to compensate that and Lakshmana asked to pass that on to his wife Urmila. Impressed, Nidra did as suggested and Urmila slept for straight 14 years until Lakshmana came back with his brother and sister-in-law in Ayodhya safely.

These are the four lesser known handpicked stories from Ramayana.

The post The Stories of Ramayana But Lesser Known appeared first on Youngisthan.in.