Ahiravan

In the Krittivasi Ramayan, Mahiravan(a), was a rakshasa who secretly carried away Rama and his brother Lakshmana to the nether-world, consulted his friends and decided to sacrifice the life of the two divine brothers at the altar of his chosen deity, goddess Mahamaya. However, Hanuman saved their life by killing Mahiravan and his army.[1][2]

For the 1940 film, see Mahiravana (film).

Mahiravan
Krittivasi Ramayan character
In-universe information
RaceRakshasa
RelativesRavana - brother
Vibheeshana - brother
kumbhakarna - brother
Surpanakha - sister

Mairavan charitra was written in Telugu in Kavya style in the 16th century by Adithya kavi.[3]

The story of Mahiravan was made into a Telugu film in 1940 by Ghantasala Balaramaiah entitled Mahiravana. The veteran actor Vemuri Gaggaiah played the role of Mahiravan.[4]

gollark: If we assume that meme goodness is normally distributed or something, then some are likely to be particularly good, and no I will not bother to work out any actual probabilities.
gollark: No.
gollark: Pyrobot's algorithms and coding™ cannot take drugs.
gollark: For instance, you'll have to map out what all the nerve I/O does, without the benefit of being able to test things very fast on a computer. And you need a good understanding of random bodily processes to keep the nervous system extant.
gollark: Many of the same challenges apply to both, actually.

See also

References
  1. SankaTamochana Archived 21 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Know why Lord Hanuman takes Panchmukhi avatar". News Track. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. Mairavan charitra, A Dictionary of Indian Literature by Sujit Mukherjee; Page: 219.
  4. Mahiravana 1940 film at IMDb.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.