I was getting bored with fending him off. “How about a beautiful statue of Ganesh?” he asked, “Or Shiva?” “Actually, I was rather hoping to find a statue of Ravana,” I said. “You know the guy with ten ...

Hence Ashoka Ashtami is celebrated as the day when the sorrows of Lord Rama were relieved by Lord Shiva and Goddess Shakti. According to the legends, when Lord Rama was unable to defeat Ravana in the ...