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Bilanka Ramayana: Sahasrasira Ravana of Bilanka

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An Odia poem makes Sita the knockout blow against a second Ravana.

Sarala Dasa's 15th-century Odia supplement tells how, after Ravana's death, the gods fear Sahasrasira Ravana of Bilanka in Patala. Rama's army is destroyed and he falls unconscious. Hanuman fetches Sita, who carries a weapon of Katyayini and takes Trailokya Mohini form to blind the demon so Rama kills him. The work honors her as a form of Kali and is dedicated to Sarala Chandi.

Who: Sarala Dasa, Rama, Sita, Hanuman, Sahasrasira Ravana

Bound to

Adbhuta Ramayana: Sita becomes Kali against the thousand-headed Ravana same-story-other-version

Places: Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, Odisha

Where this comes from

• regional-literary · Wikipedia: Bilanka Ramayana

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