Nandana Grove is a heavenly garden counted among the places where the Devas delight to roam. Its brief appearance in the poem gives it a clear identity as a divine pleasure ground—and a place Rávan’s violence reaches during his rampage.

Setting and Character

Nandana Grove is named among the heavenly haunts of the Devas. The poem places it alongside Naliní and Chaitraratha Grove, marking it as part of a larger landscape of divine gardens rather than an isolated setting.

Rávan’s Rampage

After taking Pushpak, the flying car that travels through the air at its master’s will, Rávan acts in furious anger and despoils Nandana Grove, Naliní, and Chaitraratha Grove. The account associates the garden with the damage done in this episode, but does not describe the assault in further detail.

Narrative Significance

The garden’s appearance links divine beauty and pleasure with the consequences of Rávan’s violence: a place where the Devas take delight becomes one of the sites he ravages. Its significance in the passage rests on that contrast and on its place among the heavenly groves named there.