Did Ravan really come to Sita's Swamvar?

I have very little knowledge of Ramayan...n hence I posed this question.

Heya Amrita... nice to see u here! 😳

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Originally posted by: amritat

I have very little knowledge of Ramayan...n hence I posed this question.

Was Ravan really invited to Ma Sita's Swamvar bcoz...I always thought Ravan's kidnapping was due to the Shurpanakha incident?

Someone please clarify.

On a side note...if I am not wrong...the writer of this show is Ananth Neelkanth...who is well-known for his novels on the 'villains' of the epics. I am surprised he is writing things closer to the epic as we know it...and Ravan is being shown as arrogant here...

according valmiki ramayana ravana attended swyamvar and felt humilated because he couldn't lift the bow so he goes back to lanka n he felt that he couldn't please lord shiva so according to few scholars he sacrificed his head to shiva hence he has 9 heads
according to others he tries to sacrifice his life but lord shiva restores him n proving that he was the greatest devotee adding fuel to his ego

some of the important things about ravana is

1) he is considered one of the greatest scholars hence lord ram calls ravana himself to set the time for the war in which lord ram kills him

2)once parvathi accused lord shiva of living in himalaya and she did not have a proper home hence lord shiva borrowed gold from kubera and built lanka and they invited ravana to perform gruhapravesham after all the rituals ravana asks lanka as his dakshina and thats how he gets to become the king of lanka (this story is told in shiva purana)

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Originally posted by: shikaDD

according valmiki ramayana ravana attended swyamvar and felt humilated because he couldn't lift the bow so he goes back to lanka n he felt that he couldn't please lord shiva so according to few scholars he sacrificed his head to shiva hence he has 9 heads
according to others he tries to sacrifice his life but lord shiva restores him n proving that he was the greatest devotee adding fuel to his ego

some of the important things about ravana is

1) he is considered one of the greatest scholars hence lord ram calls ravana himself to set the time for the war in which lord ram kills him

2)once parvathi accused lord shiva of living in himalaya and she did not have a proper home hence lord shiva borrowed gold from kubera and built lanka and they invited ravana to perform gruhapravesham after all the rituals ravana asks lanka as his dakshina and thats how he gets to become the king of lanka (this story is told in shiva purana)

Hai
I am new hear..
I am fan of ramayan..
Here they are potrating the charecters their values very nicely...

All are excellent actors...hatsoff to them specially leads

Coming to ur question..as per valmiki ramayan...

Yes ravan attends swayamvar and felt insulted and leave but he thinks insulted by lord siva..nothing to do with sita or family...

Then sita apaharan was due to revenge for surpanaka bcz she thinks that ram and laxman rejected her and her beauty bcz of sita and ravan has the habit of taking ladies away

Thanks to all for commenting...😊

Amrita, now u have to make up some time and go through the distortions thread here... U ll know what and why I mean so.. 😆

Originally posted by: ---Anu---

Amrita, now u have to make up some time and go through the distortions thread here... U ll know what and why I mean so.. 😆

As far as I recall from discussions in that thread, Valmiki Ramayan does not have a swayamwar at all... Trust me, when I came to know this, I was surprised...swayamwar part is in Ramcharitramanas by Tulsidas... and other later versions...