Once in Ayodhya, there lived a king named Dashrath. He was a great devotee. He had three wives, Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra. But he did not have any child. So he went to sage Vashishtha. The sage suggested him to do a putreshti yagya. During the yagya, lord Agni appeared before Dashrath. He gave a […]

Once, there lived a blind couple who had a son named Shravan Kumar. Shravan carefully looked after his parents. One day, his parents wished to go on a pilgrimage. Shravan took a bamboo pole with a basket at either end. He placed his parents in two baskets and carried the basket on the shoulder. While

Once, king Manu and his wife Shatrupa became frustrated with worldly matters and went to Naimisaranya to stay in a hermitage. In their hermitage, the couple led a very strict life, each standing on one leg, and inhaling no air. They remained in this state of meditation for ten thousand years. Their bodies had become

One day, a robber told his family that he brought money by robbing people. His family got furious and threw him out of the house. On sage Narada’s advice, the robber prayed for many years, and the Lord gave him a new name, Valmiki. On morning, he set out for his bath on the banks

After the Mahabharata war had ended and Yudhishthira was crowned the new and rightful king of Hastinapur, there were celebrations all over. Krishna bade farewell to the Pandavas and returned to Dwarka. He ruled over Dwarka for thirty-six years. Then suddenly madness seized the residents of Dwarka and they started killing one another. Only women,

One day, sage Narada asked Krishna why he had so much attraction for the gopis when he had so many queens to look after him and care for him. Krishna told him that it was so because the gopis were the true devotees of him. Narada could still not understand this. Seeing the puzzled face

During Kurukshetra war, as the armies of the Pandavas and the Kauravas stood face to face on the battlefield, Arjuna suddenly looked at the opponents and realised that he was fighting against the people whom he loved and respected the most, namely Bhisma, Dronacharya and Kripacharya. Even if he won, his victory would be futile.

During the process of the churning of the ocean, the gods received parijata, the tree, with divine fragrance. This tree was planted in Indra’s garden. One day, sage Narada went to this garden and collected some flowers that had fallen from the tree and gave them to Rukmini, Krishna’s wife. Rukmini was very happy but

A long time ago, Indra, the Chief of gods, was riding on his elephant. Sage Durvasa saw him and offered him a garland. He accepted the garland happily and placed it on his elephant’s trunk. The elephant got irritated by its scent and threw it on the ground. Seeing this, sage Durvasa cursed Indra and

One day, Krishna and Arjuna went hunting in a forest. There, they saw a beautiful girl, Kalindi, who was river Yamuna personified. She told that she wished to marry Krishna. Krishna accepted her proposal and brought her to Dwarka. There, he married her with great pomp. The kings of Avantipura, named Vindya and Anuvindya, had

Once Gayan, a gandharva, was driving his flying chariot at a great speed. His chariot passed over the city of Dwarka. Krishna was going towards his palace at that time. So, he had to duck in order to avoid getting hit. Krishna shouted at him. He looked down and saw Krishna looking angrily at him.

Krishna met the Pandavas for the first time during Draupadi’s swayamvar. Krishna was an uninvited guest at the swayamvar. He silently witnessed the whole swayamvar ceremony. When the Pandavas returned home with Draupadi, after Arjuna had won the challenge of the swayamvar, Krishna followed them with all his retinue. He also took lots of presents

Draupadi was the daughter of Drupada, the king of Panchala. The king arranged a swayamvar for Draupadi in the court of Panchala. A pole was erected in the court over which a wooden fish was fixed on a revolving wheel. A pan of water was kept at the bottom of the pole. Anyone who could