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King of Lankapura, (also known by ) is the primary antagonist character of the Hindu epic Ramayana ; who was the mystical king of Lanka (Sri Lanka). In the classic text, he is mainly depicted negatively, kidnapping Rama's wife Sita, to claim vengeance on Rama and his brother Lakshmana for having cut off the nose of his sister Surpanakha. Surpanakha had become attracted to Rama and was forcing him to marry her in spite of him being married to Sita.

Ravana is described as a devout follower of Lord Shiva in addition to his tribe's religious beliefs, a great scholar, a capable ruler and a maestro of the Veena. He has his apologists and staunch devotees within the Hindu traditions, some of whom believe that his description as a ten-headed person (Daśamukha or Daśagrīva) is a reference to him possessing a very thorough knowledge over the 4 Vedas and 6 Upanishads, which made him as powerful as 10 scholars. However, there is mention in Atharvaveda of demonic Brahmans called Dasagva (ten-headed) and Navagva (nine-headed) and the metaphor of exaggerated number of bodyparts (ten heads, ten pairs of hands, etc) to symbolise powers is an ancient one in Indian mythic depictions. Yet another interpretation of the ten-headed Ravana describe him to be a complete man with nine of his heads representing nine emotions that a man may possess (viz.anger, pride, jealousy, happiness, sadness, fear, selfishness, passion, ambition) and one in the center representing intellect.

Ravana also authored Ravana Sanhita, a powerful book on Hindu astrology. Ravana possessed a thorough knowledge of Ayurveda and political science(Kumara tantram of Ravana is one of Ayurvedic book of him). He is said to have possessed the nectar of immortality, which was stored under his navel, thanks to a celestial boon by Brahma. According to some theories, he was a historical emperor who reigned over Sri Lanka from 2554 BC to 2517 BC. The lake Rakshastaal, a salt water formation in Tibet, high up in Himalayas located right next to fresh-water lake Manasarovar is considered to be the place of severe penance tapasya by Ravana.

The name 'Ravana' means "one of terrible roar" or "one who makes others scream (for fear or anguish)". Ravana had many other popular names such as Dasis Ravana, Dashaanan, Raavan, Ravula, Lankeshwar, Ravanaeshwaran all signifying the qualities of his life. Ravana was a cross of Brahmin and Rakshasa thus attaining a status of Brahmarakshasa.

Ravana has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.