Sumali

Sumali
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Family Malyavan(brother )
Children Kaikesi(Daughter and 13 other children

Sumali (Malay: Sumaliwan, Tamil: Chumali, Thai:ท้าวสหมลิวัน) is the maternal grandfather of Ravana, the principal antagonist of the Ramayana. He was a Rakshasa King.

He, his elder brother Malyavan and younger brother Mali were the sons of the Rakshasa Sukesha. Sumali along with his two brothers made a tapasya to Brahma and asked that their brotherly love would be unbreakable and no one would be able to defeat them. Consequently, they conquered every Aditya and Daitya. With these powers they asked Vishvakarma to make a city for them. Thus they received Lanka where they lived in luxury. Later they were defeated by the gods and Mali was killed by Vishnu.

Sumali's wife was Ketumati with which he had ten sons - Prahasta, Akampana, Vikata, Kalikamuka, Dhumraksha, Danda, Suparshva, Sanghradi,Praghasa, Barkarna and four daughters - Raka, Pushpotyata, Kaikesi, and Kumbhinasi.Kaikesi was married to sage Vishrava and their son Ravana reconquered Lanka.Other sons of Kaikesi were-Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana. She has a daughter named Shurpanakha.

Filmography

Year Name Channel Country Played by
2006 Raavan (TV series) Zee TV India Rajendra Gupta
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