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The Churning Of The Ocean

In the eternal conflict of gods and demons, fortunes could often turn. After a crushing defeat the gods were counseled to make peace with the demons and jointly engage in procuring ...

Tales Of Yudhisthira

Yudhishthira, the eldest of the five Pandava princes, was born to Kunti by the grace of Yama. His actions were free from passion and prejudice. He came to be considered the very ...

Tales Of Shiva

Shiva is the third deity in the Hindu triad. He ought to be the most terrible one because he presides over destruction, whereas Brahma and Vishnu are associated with creation and ...

Tales Of Narada

Narada is a sage, most devoted to Vishnu, the protector god. He is ever on the move, singing praises of the god. Yet, even he does not escape being led astray by the god of love or ...

Tales Of Balarama

Balarama was Krishnas elder brother and his mate in their joint exploits. Balarama is simple-minded and depends on his physical strength in combat. Balaramas symbol was his plough. ...

Tales Of Arjuna

The heroes of the two epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata, have become one with the lives of countless generations of Indians. Their characters are imprinted on peoples minds, ...

Surya

In the Puranas, there are distinct and different scales in the hierarchy of deities. At the highest end of the spectrum there is the Divine Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and ...

Sudama

Sudama, who was from a poor priestly family, was Krishnas friend in ‘school’ when they were growing up. They served their teacher together. Krishna became king and Sudama ...

Shiva Parvati

Parvati was born a maiden of the mountain. The mighty god Shiva was practicing meditation in the dense forest. Desiring to win over Shiva, Parvati went to serve him. But Shiva paid ...

Sati And Shiva

In the Hindu pantheon Shiva represents the supreme consciousness as well as the male principle which acquires the power to create and destroy the elements only in conjunction with ...

Rama

For Indians Rama is a sacred name and Rama Rama a form of greeting. Rama was the godly hero, who destroyed the demons that troubled the world. Ramarajya or the Rule of Rama is, the ...

Nahusha

Nahusha was an ancestor of the Pandavas. He was a descendant of Manu (Manu-lla-Pururavas-Ayus-Nahusha).The first tale in this Chitra Katha is from the Padma Purana and the other ...

Krishna And Jarasandha

Jarasandha was the emperor of North India at the time when the Pandavas were ruling at Indraprastha. Most of the kings of North India had acknowledged his suzerainty out of fear. ...

Jayadratha

Jayadratha is one of the most despicable characters to be found in the Mahabharata. He terrorised the helpless and cowered before the mighty. The encounter between him and Arjuna, ...

Indra And Shibi

Though references of Indra occur in Hindu scriptures from Vedic times to the medieval age, there had been a gradual erosion in his importance. The Vedic Indra, wielder of the ...