Category:Sri Lanka - Ceylon
Theme Analysis
The epic accounts surrounding the island kingdom of Śrī Laṅkā are not merely mythological tales, but factual historical events deeply embedded in the Vedic cosmology and the Rāmāyaṇa. These pastimes highlight the extraordinary opulence of the demon king Rāvaṇa, who misused his immense material advancement, leading to his inevitable destruction. Concurrently, they showcase the supreme power of Lord Rāmacandra and the unparalleled devotion of His servants, such as Hanumān and the monkey soldiers, who executed impossible feats to assist the Lord in His divine mission.
- The Golden Kingdom of Rāvaṇa: Although highly advanced in material wealth, architecture, and Vedic scholarship, Rāvaṇa's demonic mentality brought ultimate ruin to the opulent city of Laṅkā.
- The Devotion of Hanumān: Embodying the perfection of unalloyed service, Hanumān utilized his tremendous power and righteous anger to cross the ocean and dismantle the enemy's stronghold.
- The Floating Stone Bridge: By the supreme will of the Lord, heavy stones floated on the water, allowing the monkey army to march across the ocean and lay siege to the island.
- The Supreme Victory of Lord Rāma: After vanquishing the demonic forces and rescuing Sītādevī, the Lord reestablished cosmic order, installing the pious Vibhīṣaṇa as the rightful ruler.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Hanumān and the Epic Journey to Śrī Laṅkā Ceylon.
Pages in category "Sri Lanka - Ceylon"
The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
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- After constructing a bridge over the ocean by throwing into the water the peaks of mountains whose trees and other vegetation had been shaken by the hands of great monkeys, Lord Ramacandra went to Lanka to release Sitadevi from the clutches of Ravana
- After entering Lanka, the monkey soldiers, led by chiefs like Sugriva, Nila and Hanuman, occupied all the sporting houses, granaries, treasuries, palace doorways, city gates, assembly houses, palace frontages and even the resting houses of the pigeons
- After giving Vibhisana the power to rule the Raksasa population of Lanka for the duration of one kalpa, Lord Ramacandra, the S Personality of Godhead (Bhagavan), placed Sitadevi on an airplane decorated with flowers and then got on the plane Himself
- After visiting this place, He (Balarama) gradually proceeded toward Setubandha, the place where Lord Ramacandra constructed the stone bridge from India to Lanka (Ceylon)
- All the women whose husbands had fallen in the battle, headed by Mandodari, the wife of Ravana, came out of Lanka. Continuously crying, they approached the dead bodies of Ravana and the other Raksasas
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- Balarama and Krsna enjoyed Their childhood pastimes, imitating Lord Ramacandra's monkeys, who constructed the bridge over the ocean, and Hanuman, who jumped over the water to Ceylon. They used to imitate such pastimes among Their friends
- British occupied the half of the world in their colonization, whole Africa, and they controlled India and controlled China, Japan, yes, Burma, Ceylon, Australia. So these poor people, they manufactured
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- It is said that here (Dhanus-tirtha), on the request of Ravana’s younger brother Vibhisana, Lord Ramacandra destroyed the bridge to Lanka with His bow while returning to His capital
- It was Hanumanji who jumped over the sea in one leap and reached the shore of Lanka from the shore of Bharata-varsa. When Lord Ramacandra chose to go there, He paved the way with stones, although by His will the stones were able to float on the sea
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- Jambavan continued, "In this way the ocean was forced to give way and allow Ramacandra to cross to the island known as Lanka"
- Jambavan continued, "This island is now said to be Ceylon. Lord Ramacandra's construction of a bridge over the ocean from Cape Comorin to Ceylon is still well known to everyone"
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- O my lord, O master! You epitomized trouble for others, and therefore you were called Ravana. But now that you have been defeated, we also are defeated, for without you the state of Lanka has been conquered by the enemy. To whom will it go for shelter?
- O pleasure of the Raksasa dynasty, because of you (Ravana) the state of Lanka and also we ourselves now have no protector. By your deeds you have made your body fit to be eaten by vultures and your soul fit to go to hell
- On the day celebrating the conquest of Lanka - a day known as Vijaya-dasami - Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu dressed up all His devotees as monkey soldiers
- On the expiry of fourteen years, after settling the affairs at Lanka, the Lord came back to His kingdom, Ayodhya, by flower plane
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- Ravana was a great personality, a great devotee of Lord Siva also, and materially his kingdom was very much advanced. It is said that Lanka was made of gold. Actually there were many palaces. And he was a very big Vedic scholar also
- Ravana was very advanced materially, so much so that he turned his kingdom, Lanka, into pure gold, or full material wealth
- Ravana's brother, he reigned in Brazil. And there was subway from Ceylon to Brazil. We get information from Ramayana. Such powerful demons. Who can make now subway from one country to another country? They can make subway from one city to another, utmost
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- The Lord (Ramacandra) attempted to bridge the ocean, and, with the help of advice from Vibhisana, He attacked Ravana's capital, Lanka
- The Lord (Ramacandra) built a floating bridge of stones on the Indian Ocean and reached Lanka, the kingdom of Ravana, who had kidnapped Sita. Later on Ravana was killed by Him, and Ravana's brother Vibhisana was installed on the throne of Lanka
- The Personality of Godhead Sri Ramacandra attempted to bridge the Indian Ocean to reach the island of Lanka, but Sri Hanumanji, the unalloyed devotee of the Personality of Godhead, could cross the ocean simply by jumping over it
- They (Krsna and Balarama) learned how to make carriages and airplanes from flowers. It is said in the Ramayana that after defeating Ravana, Ramacandra was carried from Lanka to Bharata-varsa on a plane of flowers, called a puspa-ratha
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- When the city's crossroads, platforms, flags and golden waterpots on its domes were all destroyed, the entire city of Lanka appeared like a river disturbed by a herd of elephants
- With the direction and help of Vibhisana, Ravana's brother, the Lord, along with the monkey soldiers, headed by Sugriva, Nila and Hanuman, entered Ravana's kingdom, Lanka, which had previously been burnt by Hanuman