Ramayana, Mandodari Story: In Ramayana, the identity of Mandodari has been told as the wife of Lankapati Ravana. The character of Mandodari is shown to be very moral in Ramayana. When Ravana had abducted Sita and brought her to Lanka, Mandodari had stopped Ravana from doing so.
Mandodari had explained to Ravana that it is a crime to kidnap a stranger’s woman like this, but Ravana did not agree and she died at the hands of Shri Ram. Do you know what happened to Mandodari after Ravana’s death, why Mandodari had to marry her brother-in-law Vibhishan. Let’s know.
Why did Mandodari marry Vibhishan for the second time (Mandodari Vibhishan Marriage)
According to a story, there were only two people in Lanka who were against Sita Haran, one Mandodari and the other Vibhishana. In the war between Ram and Ravana, only Ravana’s brothers Vibhishana and Mandodari were left alive from Lanka. When Mandodari became a widow after Ravana’s death, Shriram told her that she is still the queen of Lanka. To run the empire smoothly, Mandodari was advised to marry Vibhishana, but Mandodari did not agree to it, but then after some time accepted the marriage proposal. After this, Vibhishan and Mandodari took over the throne of Lanka, although there is not much mention of this in Ramayana.
what happened to mandodari after death
According to another belief, after the death of Ravana, Mandodari accepted the life of a widow and immersed herself in spirituality. Mandodari devoted her further life to religious practices.
Mandodari had married Ravana under compulsion
According to the legend, once Ravana went to the palace of Mandodari’s father Mayasur. Seeing Madodari there, Ravana was fascinated by her. He asked Mayasura for Mandodari’s hand but Mayasura refused. In anger, Ravana started forcing Mandodari to marry him. Mandodari knew that Ravana was a more powerful ruler than her father. That’s why Mandodari accepted to live with Ravana. After marrying Ravana, she gave birth to two sons Meghnad and Akshay Kumar.
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