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Famous Indian Legends
Famous classics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata as well as stories of krishna presented simply and interestingly. These stories will provide an excellent introduction to the Indian culture.
Prince Kamsa was a ruthless tyrant. When Kamsa was driving the chariot bearing Devaki and Vasudeva out of the wedding hall, a voice from the heavens boomed ...read more
Read some more stories from the life of Krishna.Read on how Krishna killed the demoness Putana ,how he tamed Kalia and how he saved the people of Gokul from t ...read more
Krishna was invited by Kamsa to Mathura .On reaching Mathura Kamsa tried to kill Krishna by a mad elephant ,when this failed he challenged them to fight with ...read more
Read to know some more stories from the life of Krishna.Read on how Krishna got married to Rukmini.Marriage of Krishna to Rukmini is an interesting tale an ...read more
The story of Syamantaka gem is an interesting one .The Syamantaka gem's specialty was that it could magically produce eight measures of gold a day.How the gem ...read more
Read the story of Jarasandha .Jarasandha was defeated by Bheema in a wrestling match.Bheema threw Jarasandha to the ground, held his legs and split his body i ...read more
Naraka was the son of Bhoomi Devi but he had nature of a demon. Naraka was powerful and he took pleasure in terrorising the inhabitants of the three worlds.Na ...read more
Ramayana,the legend begins in the ancient city of Ayodhya. This fair city, capital of the powerful kingdom of King Dashratha, stood on the banks of the holy ...read more
Vashista advised the king to send Ram with Vishwamitra because he was confident that no harm would befall the young prince. The prince would benefit and learn ...read more
King Dashrath felt that it was time that Ram took over the reigns as the crown prince. He summoned all his ministers and courtiers and announced that he had d ...read more
Rama was sent into exile for fourteen long years.Ram went to bid farewell to his loved ones. Sita and Lakshman also went with him.Bharat on knowing of Rama's ...read more
Surpanakha wanted to be Rama's wife so she rushed at Sita to get rid of her.Laxman rushed to intervene and cut off the demon's nose and ears. Surpanakha went ...read more
Sita spotted a lovely deer outside their hut. Its skin had a golden luminous sheen .She requested Ram to bring her the deer as a pet. Ram could not resist his ...read more
Hanuman was the first monkey to discover that Ravan had taken Sita to Lanka. Ram took the signet ring that he wore off his finger and gave it to Hanuman. He ...read more
Hanuman found Lanka to be an astonishingly beautiful city. Hanuman happened upon Sita in the Ashoka grove.He told Sita that he was a messenger from Ram and ga ...read more
They decided to build a bridge that would extend to the shores of Lanka. The work was back-breaking, but in five days the task was complete. Ram, Laxman, and ...read more
Kumbhakarna was Ravan's brother and had a truly formidable reputation as a warrior.Ram managed to decapitate the demon ,Kumbhakarna. Indrajit, Ravan's son, de ...read more
Ravan decided that it was time that he took matters into his own hands. All his brave generals and warriors had been defeated and he had lost both his brother ...read more
Sita had been confined to the Ashoka grove for the entire time that the battle had been raging. After Ravan had been vanquished, Ram sent Hanuman to Sita to ...read more
Finally the fourteen long years of exile were up and Ram, Sita and Laxman were ready to return to Ayodhya. Vibhishan, who had been crowned king of Lanka after ...read more
The Mahabharata is the great battle of Kurukshetra. It took place between two families - the Pandavas and the Kauravas for the sovereignty of Northern India a ...read more
The Pandavas knew that it was impossible to win as long as their great 'guru' or teacher Dronacharya continued to battle.So they came up with a plan.The great ...read more
Bhishma, was the grand old man of both the Kauravas and the Pandavas. He was the oldest member of the house as he had been granted the boon of dying at will a ...read more
After a couple of days of fighting, most of the Kauravas had been destroyed with the exception of Duryodhan and a few others. The Pandavas set out in search o ...read more
There were now just three Kauravas left and foremost amongst them was Ashwatthama, the son that Guru Dronacharya thought he had lost to the enemy. As was expe ...read more
Dwarka was the hometown of Lord Krishna and his brother Balram as well as the entire Yadu race. One day, three great sages paid a visit to this city as Krish ...read more
Ravana was a king of demons in the Hindu mythology. Ravana's real name was Dasamukha which literally means one who carries ten heads. Ravana is looked upon as ...read more
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Famous classics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata as well as stories of krishna presented simply and interestingly. These stories will provide an excellent introduction to the Indian culture.
