Before we discuss why Lord Rama broke the ‘Pinaka ... the divine bow, and the atmosphere is charged with anticipation. The moment of Lord Rama picking up and breaking bow are summarised ...

Lord Shiva’s bow, known as the Pinaka, was one of the two bows that Vishwakarma had created for Shiva and Vishnu. Shiva first used the weapon to destroy the three impregnable cities of Maya ...

The bow and arrow was one ... the horn of a demon named Mura. Pinaka was a symbol of destruction but also renewal and transformation, and its accidental breaking by Lord Rama made Parashurama ...