Have you seen this unbelievable carving of Ravana lifting Kailash itself? At Belur’s Chennakesava Temple, there is a powerful panel that captures this exact moment. Ravana — with ten heads and twenty arms — is shown straining beneath Mount Kailash, trying to lift Shiva’s own abode with his bare hands. Above him, Shiva and Parvati sit completely calm, as if the shaking of the cosmos doesn’t affect them at all. This legend takes place long before the Ramayana. Ravana had gained immense boons and b