Once, there was a boy named Aruni. He was a student of sage Dhoumya and lived in his ashram. One day, it was raining heavily and Aruni was returning to the ashram after collecting firewood. While he was crossing the field, he saw that at the far end, a barrier had been built to protect […]

Once, there lived a king called Jairajan. He was peaceful and loved his kingdom. One day, he found that his relatives were planning to usurp his throne and kill him. To avoid violence, he went to live in a far-off village. There he met a beautiful girl and married her. They started living happily. One

A long time ago, there lived King Gandharva Sen. He had two wives and two sons, one each from his two wives. Bharathari was the elder son while Vikramaditya was the younger son. After the death of Gandharva Sen, Bharathari became king. But he soon started losing interest in the welfare of the kingdom. He devoted

Once, there was a king named Uttanpada. He had two wives, Sunity and Suruchi. Sunity had a son named Dhruva and Suruchi’s son was Uttam. Suruchi hated Dhruva and Sunity, and wanted Uttam to be the next king. She was beautiful, so Uttanpada loved her more than Sunity. Under her influence, Uttanpada drove Sunity and

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