Ram Mandir Bhumi Pujan: Ravan starts trending on Twitter

Team Udayavani, Aug 5, 2020, 11:26 AM IST

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Nearly 28 years after the demolition of Babri Masjid, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ram Mandir at UP’s Ayodhya will be held today.

While the Bhumi pujan for Ram Mandir is being celebrated throughout the country, a Twitter hashtag Land of Ravan began trending on Twitter since today morning.

The hashtag seems to have been started by Tamilians who believe themselves to be descendants of Ravana.

“Ramayana is a racist epic which portrays Tamils ​​and South Indian people as despicable, cruel, monsters, monkeys, Rakshashas and Asuras. Rama is not our God but Ravana is our emperor,” said a Twitter user.

Ramayana is a racist epic which portrays Tamils ​​and South Indian people as despicable, cruel, monsters, monkeys, Rakshashas and Asuras.
Rama is not our God but Ravana is our emperor.#LandOfRavanan

— Vivekanandan (@vivekvec) August 5, 2020

Meanwhile few twitter users urged not to create a North-South divide on this historical day.

Here are few tweets:

#LandOfRavanan
Ravana is a symbol of resistance against injustice. #TamilsPrideRavanaa#LandOfRavanan pic.twitter.com/PYLnHrRps1

— மோகன்தாஸ் பார்த்தீபன் (@DassSp) August 5, 2020

This s Tamilnadu!

This is the Land of Ravana!

This is the Land of Asuras!#LandOfRavanan pic.twitter.com/4HtS3Awl59

— IRAGO (@RajeuvG) August 5, 2020

#LandOfRavanan
There is a lot of difference between the one who doubts his wife n made her enter a fire chamber to prove his purity and the one who is ready to begin a war for the misconceptions lead to her own Sister.
Hence Proved : Who is ahead in Giving Importance to Women pic.twitter.com/ERfwEp9fNm

— Vasanth Raj (@Vasanth12851415) August 5, 2020

#LandOfRavanan The king who showed the world about how to respect a woman ? pic.twitter.com/GHE3MKFMLe

— Nickson pon sekar (@nicksonsekar) August 5, 2020

As per Indian mythology, Ravan was the demon king who abducted Sita, wife of Lord Ram to avenge the insult of his sister Surpanaka.

In the ensuing period, Lord Rama waged a war with Ravana and defeated him. His return to Ayodhya, after 14 years of exile is celebrated as Diwali in the country even today.