Ramasura, of celestial birth, having heard the breaking of Shiva's bow, turned against Rama and challenged and fought a terrible battle with him. He, bearing an axe, famous on earth, was subdued by Rama, foremost among the wielder of arms.Ramasura was shown the true nature of Rama. 'This is Naryana who has appeared before me because of my good fortune!' The very thought made the hair on his body stand. To please Rama he gave his bow, given earlier to his grandfather Trimegha by Mahesha. Rama accepted it with joy and threw it into the sky saying: 'It is my deposit with god Varuna.. It should present itself to me according to my wish and should be available to me instantly'. Rama bade farewell to Ramasura and went on his way and reached Ayudhya.
There is a story about Ramasura and Mekhala, obviously has no connection to Parusharama, sixth avatar of Vishnu. It is likely there were two Ramasuras. I quote:
'Thais, believe that all phenomenon of thunder, flashes and strokes of lightening occur because of the magic power of the Mekla's (the goddess of lightening) magic glass ball ( crystal ball ) and Ramasura's ( the god of thunder ) magic axe.
As said in Thai folk tale, Mekla had her own crystal ball. The beauty of both Mekla and her crystal charmed Ramasura. So he chased her around but never catched Mekla. When he could not catch Mekla, he threw his axe to Mekla but it never hit her because Mekla used her magic crystal to flash so it made Ramasura temporarily blind.'
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