Ravana was a king of Lanka (Currently Sri Lanka) and the chief antagonist in the epic Valmiki Ramayana. Ravana was born to great sage Vishrava (Vesamuni son of Pulastya ), and his wife, the Demon princess Kaikesi in the Treta Yuga.
In the present time, The local people of Bisrakh village claim their village to be the birthplace of the devil king Ravana. Bisrakh is a village that is located around 10 km away from Greater Noida, in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
The birthdate Of Ravana is estimated between 5224 BCE and 5104 BCE (Around 7200-7100 years ago).
Birth Story Of Ravana
According to Valmiki Ramayana, There used to be a Demon named Shukesh. He had three demon sons named Malyavan, Mali, and Somali.
All three did severe penance of Lord Brahma and received the
gift of being strong. After receiving a boon (वरदान)
from Lord Brahma, the three brothers started harassing everyone. They also
captured Lord Vishwakarma and forced him to build a beautiful palace for them.
Then Lord Vishwakarma felt compelled to talk to these demons about the city of
Lanka built by him.
In this way, the three demon brothers started living with
their family in the city of Lanka. Of the three brothers, Malyavan had 7 sons,
Somali had 10 sons and a daughter and Mali had 4 sons. The 21 sons of three
brothers started doing much destruction around the world. They also started
torturing the gods and sages. Seeing this, all the gods went to Lord Shiva for
help. Lord Shiva said that "these three demons cannot be killed by my
hands, you go to Lord Shri Hari Vishnu". Now all the gods reached Lord
Vishnu to ask for help. Lord Vishnu assured the sages and gods that he will
soon destroy those demons.
After this, there was a war with Lord Vishnu. There was only Sumali left in that war and he left Lanka and went to Hades (paataal lok) with his daughter Kaikesi. Now Kubera (Son of Sage Vishrava and his first wife Ilaavida) established his kingdom in Lanka.
To save his Demon Dynasty, Sumali asked his daughter Kaikasi to go to Sage Vishrava (son of Pulastya and father of Kubera) and asked her to marry Sage Vishrava. Because Sumali thought "If the next generation will come from a sage, that child will be more powerful". Then Kaikasi immediately went to the sage Vishrava with her own marriage proposal. Sage Vishrava also agreed to marry her but he told Kaikasi "When you came, that was a wrong time, as per astrology it is an indication of a Demon will take birth, but our last child will be a Saint". Then Kaikesi said, "I don't think a sage-like you would make a demon".
After this, there was a war with Lord Vishnu. There was only Sumali left in that war and he left Lanka and went to Hades (paataal lok) with his daughter Kaikesi. Now Kubera (Son of Sage Vishrava and his first wife Ilaavida) established his kingdom in Lanka.
To save his Demon Dynasty, Sumali asked his daughter Kaikasi to go to Sage Vishrava (son of Pulastya and father of Kubera) and asked her to marry Sage Vishrava. Because Sumali thought "If the next generation will come from a sage, that child will be more powerful". Then Kaikasi immediately went to the sage Vishrava with her own marriage proposal. Sage Vishrava also agreed to marry her but he told Kaikasi "When you came, that was a wrong time, as per astrology it is an indication of a Demon will take birth, but our last child will be a Saint". Then Kaikesi said, "I don't think a sage-like you would make a demon".
Sage Vishrava agreed to the wedding after hearing this. After that in the same
way, Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Surpanakha and Vibhishana were born from Kaikai and
Vishrava. In this way, Ravana and his Siblings were both Brahmin and Demon.
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