Lanka

In the Ramayana, the earlier of the two
great Indian epics, Lanka is the kingdom
of the demon-king Ravana. Although
Lanka is sometimes identified with the
modern island of Sri Lanka, and though
southern Indian sites such as
Rameshvaram have been identified
with events in the Ramayana, the epic’s
descriptions should be read as mythic
and narrative accounts, rather than a
geographical primer. The divine architect Vishvakarma had originally built
Lanka for Kubera the minor deity, but
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Lanka
Kubera had been dispossessed by
Ravana and his brothers.