Kubera is half-brother to the demon Ravana, and was driven from Ceylon by the latter.
His exploits, as the ally of Rama (incarnation of Vishnu) in the latter's recovery of his wife Sita from the clutches of the demon Ravana, include the bridging of the straits between India and Ceylon with huge boulders carried away from the Himalayas.
The workshops culminated in the building of giant ravana images in collaboration with Scottish artists.