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Rambha in Hindu mythology is the Queen of the Apsarases, the magical and beautiful female beings in Devaloka.
She is unrivalled in her accomplishments in the arts of dancing, music and beauty. She is often asked by the king of the Devas, Indra to break the tapasya of sages so that the purity of their penance is tested against temptation, and also that the order of the three worlds remains undisturbed by any one man's mystical powers. When she tries to disturb the penance of Rishi Vishwamitra (who is doing it to become a Brahmarishi), she is cursed by him to become a rock for 10,000 years till a Brahmin delivers her from the curse.
In the epic Ramayana, Rambha is violated by Ravana, king of Lanka, who is thereby cursed by Brahma that if he violates another woman again, his head will burst. This curse protects the chastity of Sita, the wife of Rama when she is kidnapped by Ravana.
Rambha is the wife of Nalakuvara, the son of Kubera. By some accounts it is he who cursed Ravana.
Vijayalakshmi (born 5 June 1976) is an Indian film actress best known by her stage name Rambha. She has acted in over 100 South Indian films and also in Bollywood films. She acted in several successful films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She paired up with popular actors like Mammootty, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Vijayakanth, Chiranjeevi, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Venkatesh, Mohanlal, Kalabhavan Mani, V. Ravichandran, Karthik Muthuraman, Jayaram, Mithun Chakraborty, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Sunil Shetty, Govinda, Prabhu Deva, Arjun Sarja and Vijay. She appeared as a Judge on Kalaingar TV's Maanada Mayilada.
Rambha may refer to:
- Rambha (apsara), Hindu mythology
- Rambha (asura), king of the Hindu asura demons; once he fell in love with a water buffalo, and Mahishasura was born out of this union
- Rambha (actress), (born 1977) an Indian film actress.
- Rambha, Orissa, town in northeast India
In Hindu mythology, Rambha was an asura.
Rambha and Karambha were the Asura brothers, born as the descendants of Danu. When they were young, both decided to perform penance to get special powers to establish the rule of Danavas in the universe.