Suspense Crime, Digital Desk : In Ramayana, Ravana, the king of Lanka, was very powerful, but he was killed not because of arrows of Lord Rama, but because of his arrogance. Ravana had enormous powers and this is because of this power he inflicted cruelties of the highest order upon the masses. Throughout his life, Ravana the king of Lanka made numerous blunders for which he was cursed with a number of heinous curses.Due to this curse, the Lanka burned to ashes. Now, you must be wondering as to who cursed Ravana. So in this article we tell you this story from Ramayana.1. Nandi's curseOnce, Ravana was on a visit to Lord Shiva at Kailash Mountain. When he saw Nandi there he started taunting him. When he was insulted, Nandi cursed Ravana saying that, "The monkey form you have teased will burn your Lanka in future". Due to this curse, Hanuman burned Ravana's Lanka and humbled him.2. Sati Vedavati's curseVedavati was practicing severe penance to obtain Lord Vishnu as her husband. However during her practice, Ravana happened to catch sight of Vedavati and he attempted to break her penance. Following this, Vedavati considered Ravana as impure and she burned herself to ashes. She cursed Ravana that in her next birth she would cause his demise and as per the belief of the majority of the public, in her next birth, Vedavati became Mother Sita and eventually it was the abduction of Sita during her exile that paved the way to the end of Ravana.
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