Question

Explain in short the sculpture ‘Ravana Shaking Mount Kailash’.

Answer 1

Answer:

The depiction is labelled variously as Ravana Lifting Mount Kailash or Ravana Shaking Mount Kailash. According to Hindu scriptures, Ravana once tried to lift Mount Kailash, but Shiva pushed the mountain into place and trapped Ravana beneath it.

Answer 2

Explain in short the sculpture ‘Ravana Shaking Mount Kailash’.

• Ravana made fun of Nandi and Shiva. Nandi was incensed at Ravana's disrespect for his lord and vowed that monkeys would kill him. Ravana, incensed by Nandi's curse and his impossibility to move forward, made the decision to uproot Kailash. He positioned Kailash under his twenty arms and began lifting it.
• Madhya Pradesh, central India, 8th century, Chandela Kingdom.
• Incredible sculptures representing the incident of Shiva shaking Kailash can be found in Ellora Cave 16 and the Elephanta Caves. These sculptures from the early Hindu period are unparalleled. According to the Ramayana, Pushpaka was flying across the sky as Ravana was mounted on his flying machine.
• The holy summits of Mount Kailash have never been scaled since it is against Hindu religious law. Hinduism adherents say that scaling Mount Kailash's peaks violates the mountains' sacredness. Also, it disrupts the divine and spiritual energies that are present here.
• The Pandava brothers and their wife Draupadi are claimed to have walked to the top of Mount Kailash on their route to liberation since it is said to be a portal to Heaven, also known as Swarga Loka, according to the epic Mahabharata.

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