Dussehra 2025 Date: Every year the effigies of Ravana, symbol of evil, are burnt on Dussehra. Ravana was cursed by many women in his life, due to which his entire family was destroyed. Know who were those women?
Kab hai dussehra 2025: Dussehra festival is celebrated on the second day of Sharadiya Navratri ends. It is also called Vijayadashami. This time Dussehra will be celebrated on 2 October, Thursday. On this day, there is a tradition of burning the effigies of Ravana, a symbol of evil. Many stories related to Ravana are found in religious texts. Many women cursed Ravana during his lifetime. This curse also became the cause of its apocalypse, but very few people know about these women. Know further which women cursed Ravana…
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Mandodari’s sister cursed
Ravana’s wife Mandodari’s elder sister’s name was Maya. Maya’s husband Shambhar was the king of Vaijayantpur. One day Ravana went to Vaijayantpur. At the same time, King Dasaratha attacked Vaijayantpur, Shambhar died in this war. When Maya started getting sati in her husband’s disconnection, Ravana asked her to walk with her. Maya was a woman, she refused to go with Ravana and cursed that only a woman would cause your destruction.
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Tapaswini woman cursed
According to religious texts, once Ravana was roaming in the sky with his Pushpak plane. Then she saw a beautiful woman who was doing penance. Ravana was fascinated by her beauty and grabbed her hair and took her with him. The ascetic woman gave up her body at the same moment with her tapobal and cursed Ravana that you will die due to a woman.
Ravana’s sister cursed
Ravana’s sister was Shurpanakha, everyone knows this, but very few people know that Shurpanakha also cursed Ravam. According to Valmiki Ramayana, Shurpanakha’s husband’s name was Vidyutjiv, he was the commander of the king named Kalkeya. When Ravana turned out to be over the world victory, he fought a fierce battle with Kalkeya. Electrical life was also killed in this war. Then Shurpanakha cursed Ravana in his mind that because of me, one day you will be destroyed.
Rambha also became the reason for the apocalypse of Ravana
According to religious texts, once the nymph of heaven was going to meet Nalakuber, son of Rambha Kubera. When Ravana saw him, he was fascinated by Rambha. Ravana stopped Rambha with bad intentions and misbehaved with him. When Nalkuber came to know about this, he cursed Ravana that if Ravana kept her in his palace against the will of a woman, then he would die at that moment. For this reason, Ravana kept Goddess Sita in Ashoka Vatika, not keeping Sita in her palace.
Lanka destruction due to Goddess Sita
When Ravana killed Goddess Sita, many people at that time tried to convince her. But Ravana did not agree. As a result, along with Ravana, his entire family and Lanka were destroyed. In this way Goddess Sita became the main cause of Ravana’s apocalypse.
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