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Ramayan Story: Lankapati Ravana was the conqueror of Trilok. Even the gods were afraid of him. Till date no one is considered a greater devotee of Shiva than Ravana. He cut off his head and offered it to Lord Shiva. Ravana became very powerful after receiving a boon by doing penance from Lord Brahma and Shiva. He was too proud of his powers, which became the cause of his death.
Ravana used to trouble the gods and humans a lot with his unlimited demonic powers. Used to torture them. A similar incident is described in Ramayana. This incident is related to Ravana and Shani Dev, the giver of karma. According to Ramayana, Ravana had imprisoned all the planets and kept them in some dark place in his Lanka. He had kept Shani Dev in chains near the throne under his feet.
Ravana had arranged all the planets as per his wish.
Actually, like Ravana, his son Meghnad was also very powerful. Meghnad was called Indrajit. Because he had conquered Indra, the king of the gods, by defeating them. At the time of Meghnad’s birth, Lord Brahma had told Ravana that his son Meghnad would be very strong, but the circumstances in his life would change again and again. Hearing this, Ravana devised a trick and placed all the planets in Meghnad’s horoscope as per his wish.
That’s why Shani Dev was kept in chains
However, Shani Dev was repeatedly changing his place in Meghnad’s horoscope. Why was Shani Dev doing this? Ravana was also aware of this. Ravana knew that once Shani Dev casts his retrograde glance on his kingdom then no one can stop it from falling. For this reason Ravana defeated Shani Dev in the war and then placed him under his feet.
Ravana tied Shani Dev in chains and placed him under his feet so that he could not raise his gaze towards Ravana, his son Meghnad, Ravana’s entire family or the people of his kingdom. Later, when Hanuman ji went to Lanka in search of Mother Sita, he saw Shani Dev held captive. Then he freed them.
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