Rishi Vishravas

Veshwashrrawa - Also called “Visrawas, Wishrawas, Wishwath Muni, Wesa Muni and Waishravana.” Rishi Vishravas was the father of “Sri Ravana, Kubera, Kumbukkan (Kumbhakarna), Vibhishana, Kara, Dhushan” and he had his kingdom in an area called “Wessagiriya” in famous “Anuradhapura” today. He was one of the richest rulers in that time and also proficient in “Vedha, Martial arts, Meditation, Astrology and other extreme science”. 
In Buddhism there are four major gods who are honored as world controlling gods by “Lord Buddha”. Among these four “Waishravana” owes the first place. 

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