Monday, February 6, 2012

Story of Atikaya

                                            Story of Atikaya

Atikaya means huge body. The name explains the outer feature of this demon.
Atikaya is the son of Ravan and Dhoomramalini. He was having special powers such that once he had stopped God Shiv's weapon Trishul in the midway itself !
Trishira is the brother of Atikaya. Both were having the nature of giving trouble to other people. In their last birth, Trishira and Atikaya were Madhu-Kaitabh demons. They had disturbed God Brahma in his work of creation. Finally, God Vishnu had killed them.
During Ramayana, Laxman had killed Atikaya in battle.

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