Jatayu - Wikipedia Jatayu For other uses, see Jatayu ( disambiguation ). Jatayu Ravana fighting with Jatayu In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Jatayu is the youngest son of Aruṇa. His brother, Sampaati, is a demi - god who has the form of a vulture and was an old friend of Dasharatha ( Rama 's father ). Contents 1 History of Jatayu 2 Places related to Jatayu 3 Jatayu Nature Park 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links History of Jatayu This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2016 ) Killing of Jatayu Bird Painting by Balasaheb Pant Pratinidhi In the epic Ramayana when Jatayu sees Ravana abducting Sita, he tries to rescue Sita from Ravana. Jatayu fought valiantly with Ravana, but as he was very old Ravana soon got the better of him. ravana kill jatayu As Rama and Lakshmana chanced upon the stricken and dying Jatayu in their search for Sita, he informs them of the fight between him and Ravana and tells them that he had gone south. Jatayu and his brother Sampaati, when young, used to compete as to who could fly higher. On one such instance, Jatayu flew so high that he was about to get seared by the sun 's flames. Sampati saved his brother by spreading his own wings and thus shielding Jatayu from the hot flames. In the process, Sampaati himself got injured and lost his wings. As a result, Sampaati lived wingless for the rest of his life. While Jatayu was wounded and lying on the ground when Lord Rama arrived, Lord Rama sensed the end result and decided that Jatayu gets moksha. Jatayu consoles the distraught Rama and reassures Him that no harm will come to Sita and that very soon she will be restored to them. Rama is as much overwhelmed by grief as by a surging sense of affection and gratitude and embraces Jatayu. He asks Jatayu to be comfortable and blesses the bird. Rama says that the grief of seeing Jatayu pass away is greater than the loss of Sita. He considers Jatayu as equal to His father and proceeds to do the final rites for the bird. All along Rama had shown Himself as a human being in this avatar, but in this context He forgets Himself and by His Sankalpa and supremacy, Lord Rama then slammed an arrow into the ground so as to call all seven sacred rivers, called teertha. Six rivers waters arrived, one river water failing to obey Lord Rama 's call. Since Lord Rama was himself an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, He forced the Gaya teertha to arrive at the spot. Places related to Jatayu According to the legend, it is believed that Jatayu fell on the rocks in Rameshwaram, India after his wings were chopped off by Ravana. Formerly, the place was called Jatayumangalam. This is the place which is mostly credited to the falling place of Jatayu since rocks there hold stricking carvings of Jatayu 's beak mark during his last breath and footprints of Lord Rama. Lepakshi in Andhra Pradesh, India is also attributed to the place where Jatayu fell after being wounded by Ravana, and Ramarkal Mettu is the place where the last rites were performed. Rama is said to have commanded the bird to rise Le Pakshi, hence the name for that village. Jatayu Nature Park Main article : Jatayu Nature Park Jatayu Earth 's Center or Jatayu Nature Park is a park and tourism centre at Chadayamangalam in Kollam district of Kerala. Designed by Rajiv Anchal, This rock - theme nature park is about 38 km ( 24 mi ) away from Kollam and 46 km ( 29 mi ) away from the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram. It is the first PPP tourism initiative in the state of Kerala under the BOT model. When open, Jatayu Nature Park will hold the distinction of having the world 's largest bird sculpture ( 200 feet ( 61 m ) long, 150 feet ( 46 m ) broad, 70 feet ( 21 m ) in height and having 15,000 square feet ( 1,400 m ) of floor area ) of the great mythical bird Jatayu. See also Garuda Sampati Notes Jump up ^ http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=Specials%20-%20Trippin&sectid=38&contentid=2009100120091001181345687b8670cd2 Jump up ^ Lepakshi Temple - Lepakshi : : The Treasure House of Art and Sculpture Jump up ^ `` Kerala 's rock - theme Jatayu Park getting ready to woo visitors - Indiatoday.in ''. Retrieved 1 December 2015. References Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend ( ISBN 0 - 500 - 51088 - 1 ) by Anna Dhallapiccola Ramayana ( ISBN 0 - 89744 - 930 - 4 ) by C. 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Question: who tried to stop ravana from kidnapping sita
Answer: Jatayu