Khara (Ramayana)

Khara (Ramayana)

Khara, in the Hindu epic "Ramayana", was a man-eating Rakshasa. He was a younger cousin of Ravana and was killed by Rama during his attack on Lanka to free Sita.

References

*A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology & Religion by John Dowson


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