First, Ravana abducted Sita, Rama's wife, from her cottage in a forest to his capital in Lanka where he held her captive. The accounts of his misdeeds with the aid of the magic chariot are amply narrated in the Ramayana. It was Ravana, the eldest of Kubera's half-brothers, who stole Pushpak from him and made use of it to further his nefarious activities. This association has spawned many interesting tales and here are some of them. All three find mention in the great Indian epic story Ramayana and are relatively better-known than Kubera, especially to Indian children. Kubera has three famous half-brothers, Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Bivhishana. Kubera flies in this fantastic chariot and throws down jewels and other precious objects to people on the ground to aid them with averting poverty. Vishwakarma conceived and built Pushpak, an aerial chariot which moves of its own accord and which is so large that it can contain a whole city. Brahma took pity and ordered Vishwakarma, the architect of the gods and a god in his own right, to build the disabled god a chariot. Since Kubera was so deformed, he had difficulty in moving around. Why this is so is rather mysterious, as are so many physical features of the other Hindu gods. Kubera is physically envisioned as a dwarf with an ugly and deformed body. This perseverance of Kubera's in his attempt to rob the god's temple won him much admiration from Shiva who subsequently granted the dwarf access to the Hindu pantheon of gods. Shiva is a benign god who is often pleased by the most illogical of efforts. Nevertheless, he persisted with his efforts no matter how nefarious they were and, on the tenth attempt, he succeeded. No matter how hard the dwarf tried he could not relight the taper. During the robbery Kubera's taper had somehow been blown out. Another rather more romantic version is that one day Kubera had gone to rob a temple of Shiva, who is the king of robbers. The first version postulates that Kubera performed stringent austerities for thousands of years and, as a reward, was promoted. There are two versions of how Kubera was elevated to the stature of a god. He often rides in his airborne magic chariot Pushpak and showers jewels and other precious objects onto the lands he passes over to succor the poor. Today, in the Hindu pantheon, Kubera is widely known as the god appointed the guardian of the treasures of the gods. He still remained the king of the Yakshas. It was only after Hinduism consolidated into what it is today that this hideous dwarf began to get acknowledged as a god and as one of the eight guardians of the world. He was envisaged to be the chief of all evil creatures living in darkness. In the Vedic times in Indian Mythology, Kubera was a being associated with evil. Mantra of Kubera helps to increase the flow of funds and the ability to accumulate wealth. Chanting of Kuber Mantra blesses the worshipper with money and prosperity by drawing new avenues and sources of income and wealth. Kubera is always remembered with the goddess of fortune, Lakshmi. Lord Kubera is also known as the god of yakshas (savage beings). Kuber is regarded as the god of wealth, in Hindu mythology. Thursday is the most auspicious day with star Pusa. Auspious dates to worship Lord Kubera are between Oct 15th and Nov 15th (Tamil Month Iyppasi). He also stablises to be with every individual with good strength, better business, sufficient inflow of money, education, industrial growth, etc. Those who worship Lord Kubera will get his blessings. According to the Vishnupuran this process will go on till the end of Kali yuga. In remembrance of this, the reason devotees going to Tirupati donate money in Venkateshwara's Hundi so that he can pay back to Kubera. Kubera also credited money to Vishnu for his marriage with Padmavati. Kubera's house was believed to be the abode of Adilakshmi, the goddess of wealth who, pleased by his devotion, gave him immense wealth making him nideesha or the keeper of riches. Kubera is also the son of Sage Vishrava (hence he is also called Vaisravana) and in this respect, he is also the elder brother of the Lord of Lanka, Ravana. He is one of the Guardians of the directions, representing the Uttara-disha, meaning north of 4 directions in Sanskrit. He is also known as Dhanapati, the lord of riches. Kubera (Sanskrit: ?) (also Kuvera or Kuber) is the king of the Yakshas and the lord of wealth in Hindu mythology.