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Ravana

Crime

Tamil Nadu: Extremists burn effigy of Lord Ram, raise slogans hailing Ravan, 4 arrested after video of desecration of Hindu deity goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2025

In the video, a group of men can be seen burning an effigy of Lord Ram wearing a garland of slippers.

Opinions

Simi Garewal’s defence of Ravana and mockery of Dussehra: The Indian Left’s selective attacks on Hindu traditions and its trivialisation of women’s sufferings

Jinit Jain - 2 October, 2025

By criticizing Dussehra, Simi Garewal trivialises Goddess Sita's abduction and mocks a Hindu festival that embodies the timeless triumph of dharma over adharma.

News Reports

Lovely Professional University (LPU) sacks professor after a video of her insulting Lord Ram goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2022

The LPU issued a statement saying the professor who insulted Lord Ram has been sacked with immediate effect

News Reports

Expansionism was Ravana’s undoing: Uttarakhand minister sends a copy of Ramayana to Chinese Premier Xi Jinping

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020

Gifting a copy of Ramayana, Uttarakhand tourism minister Satpal Maharaj urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to draw wisdom from Ravana's defeat in the epic and put his resources to a better use.

News Reports

Posters depicting Rahul Gandhi as Lord Ram, PM Narendra Modi as ‘Ravana’ put up in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2019

Apart from the PM, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Piyush Goyal, Shivraj Singh Chouhan have been portrayed as the other 9 heads.

News Reports