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Interesting facts about Ravana: Ravana was very powerful as well as very intelligent but his ego destroyed him. Ravana despised humans and asked for a boon that he would not die at the hands of gods, demons, serpents and Gandharvas. Killed him in human form.
Ravana, the king of Lanka, was invincible. He had no idea that Lord Vishnu, born in human form, would end his life. Intoxicated with power, Ravana tortured the sages, saints and gods a lot, however, despite having extremely powerful and divine weapons, Ravana had to face defeat from 4 people other than Lord Rama.
Ravana was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva and he used to worship him daily. Once Ravana reached Kailash to challenge Lord Shiva. He started trying to uproot Mount Kailash. Seeing this gesture of Ravana, Lord Shiva pressed Kailash with his toe. Due to which Ravana’s hand got buried under the mountain. Ravana realized his mistake and apologized to Lord Shiva. Bholenath forgave Ravana and then he returned to Lanka.
In arrogance of power, Ravana once went to fight with Bali, the demon king of the underworld. When Ravana challenged him to battle, Bali captured him and tied him in the stable along with the horses. Thus once again Ravana’s pride was shattered.
Ravana challenged the thousand-armed Arjun for war. According to mythology, when Ravana reached there with his army, the thousand-armed Arjuna stopped the flow of the Narmada river with his thousand hands. After some time, when Sahasrabahu released the water, Ravana along with his entire army got swept away in the Narmada.
Once Ravana went to fight with the monkey king Bali (Bali), brother of Sugriva. At that time Bali was worshiping. Ravana repeatedly challenged Bali but Bali did not stop worshiping him. When Ravana started disrupting the puja, Bali caught him and held him in his arms. Bali roamed around with Ravana in his lap for 6 months. On Ravana’s pleading, Bali out of pity released Ravana. After this Ravana never fought with Bali.
