On the snow-covered mountains of Kailash, there lived Lord Shiva with his wife Parvati. They had two sons. The elder, Ganesha and the younger, Karttik. Ganesha was wise and patient while Karttik was playful. But both were very powerful and kind. All the gods loved them dearly. One day, the gods were discussing about the […]
One of the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu on the earth was a Brahmin named Parashurama. He was born on earth to teach wisdom to the governing class Kshatriyas who were a caste of warriors, holders of the temporal power and had become arrogant and oppressed people. Parashurama was a great devotee of Lord Shiva.
Once, Kubera, the god of wealth, invited Ganesha at his palace to a feast. He offered many delicious sweets and dishes to the Lord. Ganesha loved the food so much that he overate. Thus it became difficult for him to walk. So he sat on his divine vehicle mouse and started his journey to return
Once, while goddess Parvati wanted to take a bath, there were no attendants around to stop anyone from accidentally entering the house. Hence she created a boy out of paste which she prepared to cleanse her body, and infused life into it, and thus Ganesha was born. Parvati ordered Ganesha not to allow anyone to
King Himavantha and his wife Menadevi were the devotees of Lord Shiva. They performed an austere penance without having food and water for many years to please Gauridevi, the wife of Lord Shiva. Gauridevi was pleased with their devotion and promised to be born as Menadevi’s daughter. After this, Gauridevi jumped into a sacrificed fire
Once, Hanuman told Arjuna about the stone bridge that the monkeys had built over the ocean. Arjuna asked why Rama did not build a bridge of arrows to cross the ocean. Hanuman challenged him to build a bridge capable of bearing him alone. Arjuna accepted the challenge. Hanuman easily destroyed the bridge made by Arjuna.
The great archer Arjuna married Sri Krishna’s sister Subhadra. They had a son whom they named Abhimanyu. One day, while Abhimanyu was about to be born, Arjuna was talking about chakravyuh to Subhadra. She fell asleep soon after listening how to enter into chakravyuh. So, Abhimanyu learnt to enter the formation from inside his mother
The son of Bhima and Hidimba was named Ghatotkacha. He grew up to be physically powerful. His maternal parentage made him half-demon, and gave him many magical powers. Ghatotkacha was very attached to the Pandavas. When the Pandavas were leaving the forest, Kunti called Ghatotkacha and told him that even though he was Bhima’s son,
Once the five Pandava princes and their mother Kunti were passing through the forest disguised as the Brahmins during their exile. In the forest, they reached a point where a demon named Hidimb and his sister Hidimba lived. Hidimb sensed the smell of human beings and asked Hidimba to go after them and fetch them.
Many years back, there lived a boy named Eklavya in the forests of Hastinapur. He wanted to learn archery, so he went to great Dronacharya. But he refused to teach him. The boy was hurt and returned home. He started practising archery on his own in front of guru Drona’s statue made by him. Soon
The princes of Hastinapur were learning the skills of archery from Guru Drona. Drona was a skilled tutor and taught the princes with full devotion. One day, Drona made a small bird of wood and hung it on a tree. He told the students to aim at the eye of the bird. Each student stood
Once in the beautiful city of Hastinapur, there lived a blind king, Dhritrashtra. He had a hundred sons called the Kauravas. His younger brother Pandu had five sons who were called the Pandavas. The Kauravas were wicked and were jealous of the gentle Pandavas. Duryodhana, the eldest of the Kauravas, hated Bhima who was the
There was a pack of jackals. One day, they saw an elephant near a water hole in the forest. They decided to have him as a meal. The chief of the jackals said to his pack, “I will befriend the elephant and trick him. Join me near the swamp.” Then he went to the elephant
Many years back, there lived a great king called Shantanu in Hastinapur. His queen had left him but he had a devoted son named Devavrata. One day, he went out hunting. On his way, he smelt a sweet fragrance which was coming from a beautiful fisher-woman named Satyawati. Shantanu fell in love with Satyawati and
Dushyanta, the great king of Hastinapur, had a great passion for hunting. One day, he went to the forest for hunting. He was surprised to find a small boy in the forest. The boy was playing with a lion’s cub. He fearlessly held open the mouth of the cub and said, “O king of the