Sahil Gupta

Once, during a discussion with the king Tenali said that given a chance anyone would lie to which the king said he never lied. Tenali asked to prove it in a year’s time with 1,000 gold coins. During that year Tenali went away and built a palatial house and placed a big mirror on one […]

Once the chief of army had a son and so he invited everybody to bless the son. When the king said he should grow to be a warrior like his father Tenali said he would be far greater. One of the jealous courtiers then said how he could say that by merely looking at the

Once, the king gave the prime minister a lot of money to build wells around the kingdom. After some time, the king went to inspect and was satisfied with the work the minister showed him. One day, some people came to Tenali to complain about the minister as he had used the money for his

Once, the king imported some horses from Persia and gave them to his cavalry men to train along with enough money for their upkeep. Tenali also asked the king for one horse and was granted. He created a barn that was closed on all sides and made a little hole from which he passed hay

Once, a spy from other kingdom with an intention to kill the king came to Tenali’s house and asked to stay saying he was Tenali’s far relative. While Tenali couldn’t recognize him, he let the stranger stay at his place. One day,  Tenali had to go out of town for a few days, so the

Once a scholar came to the court and challenged all the courtiers to debate with him on any subject since he had read all the books in the world. Since nobody volunteered, the king asked Tenali to compete with the scholar. On the appointed day Tenali came dressed as a great priest with a bundle

Once, a hunter gifted a beautiful parrot to the king which he and his queen kept in their private chamber. They fed him best sweets and nuts, and taught him some holy chants as well. Once when Tenali came to visit them, the queen boasted of the parrot’s holy chants to which Tenali said that

It was the king’s birthday and hence everyone was showering him with expensive gifts. One of the jealous courtiers noticed that Tenali was missing and complained of the same saying Tenali was a miser. It made the king angry. After a few hours Tenali came to the court and wished the king giving him a

Every year, a Ramlila troupe from Varanasi performed in Vijaynagar but one particular year, they denied since the troupe members were sick. There was no time to call some other troupe and, hence, Tenali said he would call another troupe from a nearby village. When the troupe performed, everyone praised their skills extensively as most

Tenali got to learn about a dishonest money lender who charged ten times the interest for his loans, so he decided to teach the lender a lesson. He asked to borrow two large vessels and paid three gold coins as rent. Next day, Tenali returned them with two smaller vessels saying the large vessels were

Once, everyone who owned horses in the kingdom started selling them at low costs owing to the spread of a dangerous disease that could affect humans too. When the king found out, he got to know that the horses in royal stables were absolutely all right, so he asked Tenali to investigate the matter. In

Once the king decided he would make his kingdom as beautiful as heaven. So, he employed many labourers, craftsmen and other workes for the same. Soon there were beautiful buildings and gardens that attracted many visitors to the kingdom and brought great fame. When the king was discussing this in the kingdom, one of the

Once, a shepherd came to the court demanding compensation from his neighbour for the death of his sheep due to the wall collapse. When the king was about to call the neighbour and punish him, Tenali spoke up that the neighbour was not at fault. The king asked him to prove who the real culprit

One day, the king noticed that his favourite roses were disappearing every day. He asked the guards to find the thief. Within a few days they caught Tenali’s son stealing the roses and began to take him to the palace. When they passed Tenali’s house, his wife told him that their son was caught. He

Once, the jealous Rajguru told the king that Tenali had a special stone called ‘Paras’ that can turn iron into gold. When inquired, Tenali understood that someone was trying to show him down. He said ‘yes’ he had a stone. On being asked to prove it he said he would prove it next morning. Next