Ravana at Titarpur - The making of the Demon King from Lanka - Photo 2
Ravana is a much maligned King of the early part of history of India. He was a learned king with powers to move the heaven and the earth itself with his prowess and intelligence and his boons that Gods had granted to him. Till a woman stepped in.
Sita was a fair Aryan maiden and a consort of Rama who had been banished into the jungles of India for some inconsequential happening. So the dark and ferocious and macho Ravana espies the fair Sita and falls for the "fairness" in those bygone era. He spirits her away to his kingdom of Lanka.
There was hell to pay. He lost his kingdom and his life to the advancing Aryans. This is now portrayed as the victory of "Good" over "Evil"
Titarpur in Delhi is an old ramshackle village populated mostly by a community of marriage band players. This becomes the resident workshop for making effigies of Ravana. 30 feet to 70 feet tall. The face, torso, legs and the crown are all different sections that are assembled on site in various Ram Lila grounds in Delhi and elsewhere in the period of Dusshera culminating in the grand finale of burning of the 10 headed Ravana in a fiery burst of crackers that resonates around midnight. That much amount of fire crackers would surely make the mosquitoes go wild and surely eliminate all things evil. I wonder if the resident minds of the Aryans gets a riddance of evil.
In this frame, a painter puts on some silver on the teeth of the Demon king, Ravana.
Dates
Taken on October 18, 2012 at 4.32pm IST (edit)
Posted to Flickr October 26, 2012 at 1.03AM IST (edit)
Exif data
Camera Nikon D300
Exposure 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 18 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash No Flash
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Ravana at Titarpur - The making of the Demon King from Lanka - Photo 2
Ravana is a much maligned King of the early part of history of India. He was a learned king with powers to move the heaven and the earth itself with his prowess and intelligence and his boons that Gods had granted to him. Till a woman stepped in.
Sita was a fair Aryan maiden and a consort of Rama who had been banished into the jungles of India for some inconsequential happening. So the dark and ferocious and macho Ravana espies the fair Sita and falls for the "fairness" in those bygone era. He spirits her away to his kingdom of Lanka.
There was hell to pay. He lost his kingdom and his life to the advancing Aryans. This is now portrayed as the victory of "Good" over "Evil"
Titarpur in Delhi is an old ramshackle village populated mostly by a community of marriage band players. This becomes the resident workshop for making effigies of Ravana. 30 feet to 70 feet tall. The face, torso, legs and the crown are all different sections that are assembled on site in various Ram Lila grounds in Delhi and elsewhere in the period of Dusshera culminating in the grand finale of burning of the 10 headed Ravana in a fiery burst of crackers that resonates around midnight. That much amount of fire crackers would surely make the mosquitoes go wild and surely eliminate all things evil. I wonder if the resident minds of the Aryans gets a riddance of evil.
In this frame, a painter puts on some silver on the teeth of the Demon king, Ravana.
Dates
Taken on October 18, 2012 at 4.32pm IST (edit)
Posted to Flickr October 26, 2012 at 1.03AM IST (edit)
Exif data
Camera Nikon D300
Exposure 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 18 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash No Flash
_DSC3550 nef sh