Ravana is a character in the Hindu epic Ramayana. King Ravana was a devotee of Shiva and Shakti who ruled Lankapura. According to the Ramayana, Rama abducts his wife Sita Devi as a revenge for his asura sister's insult, the heroic king Ravana is killed by a blow from behind by Rama with the help of a great army of monkeys and the gods and Ravana's brother Vibhishana. King Ravana 18th century South Indian statue of Ravana in the British Museum Download