Whenever you would have seen the Ramayana, you might not have noticed or not, but there used to be a person lying near his feet on the throne of Ravana. This person has a blue skin and is lying upside down.
Many stories related to Ramayana are prevalent in India. Ramayana is a story that everyone loves to watch and is recited in Hindu families. You must have seen that Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana was broadcast on TV even when the lockdown was caused by Corona virus last year and it broke all the records of TRP. Apart from this, people like to listen to stories related to Ramayana and there are many stories about Lord Rama as well as Ravana.
Whenever you would have seen the Ramayana, you might not have noticed or not, but there used to be a person lying near his feet on the throne of Ravana. This person has a blue skin and is lying upside down. But, have you ever thought who this person was, who was lying upside down under the feet of Ravana. In such a situation, you know who the person is shown near the throne of Ravana, who is it and what is the story behind it….
Who is this blue colored person?
There are many stories about this man lying on the throne of Ravana. Even there are many kinds of stories behind the existence of this person and his captivity. Information on the Internet and talking to many pundits reveals different things. However, most reports have revealed that this person is Shani Dev, one of the nine gods. It is said that in the Ramayana, the person of blue color shown on the throne of Ravana is Shani Dev.
According to mythology, the fact is that Ravana was a very large astrologer and took captive nine planets in his possession. By the way, let us tell you that 9 planets have an important contribution in astrology and mathematics is applied on the basis of their location. It is said that Ravana kept all the planets captive near his feet. In such a situation, Ravana kept the position of the planets in his sons’ horoscope under his control. What is in these 9 planets, they were blue people, they were Shani Dev.
This is also a story
According to astrology, the sight of Saturn has a great impact on a person’s life. In such a situation, Shani was able to spoil the auspicious position of Ravana from his point of view and he used to keep trying. It is said that once while making the horoscope of the son of Ravana, Ravana gave the place of all the planets according to his own. But Shani was trying to change his place again and again, due to which Ravana’s son Ajay could not live. Then Ravana held Shani Dev under his foot to control him.
How did you become free?
The story of Shani Dev’s liberation is that when Hanuman went to Lanka, he freed Shani Dev from the bondage of Ravana at the time of Lanka burning. Before this, Narada Muni implicated Ravana in his words and got Shani Dev shifted to jail. But Ravana put Shani in the prison and put Shiva linga at the jail gate in such a way that Shani Dev could not run without putting his foot on it. After this, Hanuman ji came to Lanka and set Shani Dev on his head and liberated him. By the way, it was a boon that Lord Hanuman would be freed by Shani Dev.
Are there stories apart from Shanidev?
In many stories, it is said that Ravana had also subdued time, death etc. That is why many people see this person by connecting to them as well.
