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Annie Besant

Where Ravana is Vishnu’s true bhakta

For many the characters in Ramayana are essentially straightforward. Rama is the hero, Sita the heroine and Ravana is the villain. However, those familiar with Hindu mythology would know there is nothing simple or linear about such epics. Here Sahapedia looks into the different narratives that gives us a backstory to how Ravana was once Vishnu’s true devotee.

A woman who showed the way

“To the younger generation of today Besant might be just a name, but to my generation, and the one before…