![]() Ravana also gave musical accompaniment by fashioning a veena from his hand, using his tendons as strings. (S tonework showing Ravana picking up Mount Kailasha, Ellora ) Even more impressive is that this hymn still exists, known to us as the Shiva Tandava Stotram. What a fantastical story! An anti-hero, breaking into a well-composed Sanskrit hymn in a moment of crisis. Realising his mistake, he spontaneously composed a hymn praising Lord Shiva and pleaded for moksha. Sense prevailed over the ten-headed asura king. Lord Shiva pressed down with his little toe, trapping Ravana under the mountain. Maddened by hubris, Ravana forgot that arrogance was not the way for a devotee. With unmatched strength, he almost managed to shake the mountain. He decided to uplift Mount Kailasha, the heavenly abode of Shiva, and transport it to Lanka. So, her valiant son thought of the unthinkable. ![]() The legend goes that Ravans’s ailing mother, Kaikesi, could not visit the temple in Lanka. May Shiva and Shakti illuminate our paths and inspire creativity! ![]()
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