Fight over a flying machine
The Hindu
In Episode 60 of the Sky High column, Prahasta begins the story of how Ravana got the Pushpaka Vimana, as Meghnat and his brothers listen eagerly
Story so far: After the competition is over, Prahasta takes the princes to the palace to look at their performance charts.
Akshayakumara: I have a question for you about the vimana. Whenever I ask father about it, he becomes sad. Even Meghnath doesn’t tell us anything.
Prahasta gestures to him to be quiet and looks around to see if anyone has heard.
Prahasta: This is something very personal to Ravana. All right, I will tell you all about it but not here.
Prahasta boards the vimana with the six boys and switches on stealth mode. He pilots the craft to the dense forests of Nikumbala and enters a grove of banyan trees with an ancient shrine inside it.
Prahasta: Now, the story of how we got the vimana is one of a broken relationship between two cousins: your father and Kubera. You know that Ravana focuses on winning wars and being technically advanced, rather than worry about the associated good and bad deeds.
Atikaya: What’s wrong with that? As a king, he has to be strong and expand the kingdom.
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