SRI RAM BREAKS SHIV DHANUSH Rama and Lakshmana accompanied Rishi Viswamitra to king Janaka’s palace. They were invited by the King Janaka for attending his daughter Sita’s Swamvara. When Rama and Lakshmana...
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Prince Rama and Tadaka
Story from Ramayana: Prince Rama meets demon Tadaka and Maricha The sage led the two princes towards a dark and fearsome jungle haunted by many beasts of prey, in which dwelt the terrible rakshasa woman named...
Story of Nala and Damayantí
Story from India ONCE upon a time there reigned in Nishadha1 a great rajah of choicest virtues whose name was Nala. He had great skill in taming steeds; he was a peerless archer, and was devoted to truth. Nala commanded...
Story of birth of Kartikeya
Kartikeya, the god of war, and generalissimo of the armies of the gods, though called the younger son of Siva and Parvati, according to most of the Puranic legends, is their son only in the sense that they formed him...
Story of birth of Ganesha
GANESA is usually regarded as the elder son of Siva and Pārvati All religious ceremonies, all serious compositions in writing and all worldly affairs of importance are begun by pious Hindus with an invocation to Ganesa;...
THE STORY OF THE MAHÂ-BHÂRATA.
Long ago there dwelt in India two great Rajas who were brothers, the Raja Pandu and the blind Raja, Dhritarashtra. The former had five noble sons called the Pandavas, the eldest of whom was Yudhi-sthira, the second...
THE STORY OF THE RÂMÂYANA
Brahma, creator of the universe, though all powerful, could not revoke a promise once made. For this reason, Ravana, the demon god of Ceylon, stood on his head in the midst of five fires for ten thousand years, and at...
Visvamitra and Lord Rama
In the forest, near the city, there lived an aged hermit, Visvamitra; and this good old man was sore beset by ugly Furies or Demons, who would not let him rest. ” I will go to the king,” he said to himself...
King Dasaratha and his sons
Flowers were falling from the sky, for the shining gods were happy. And happy also were the folk of the city of Oude, or Ayodhya. Banners waved. Wreaths were hung at every point. Women carried gold and silver dishes...
Story from Ramayana: Ram and Sita’s first meeting
Ram Sita Milan: When Sita met Ram The sun had not yet set, and Rama saw that his brother Lakshmana had a keen longing to view the wonders of the city, so he asked leave of Vishvamitra, and, with the hermit’s...
Bhagiratha and Ganga
Story of How Goddess Ganga Came To Earth In ancient times lived Sagara, a virtuous king of Ayodhya. He had two wives but no children. As he and his consorts longed for offspring, the three of them went to the Himalayas...
Dasharatha’s Sons
At length, Dasharatha resolved to perform the Ashwamedha so that the gods might be prevailed upon to grant him an heir who would perpetuate his race. When his will was made known to the queens, their faces brightened as...
Story of Rama and Sita.
Long ago king Daśaratha, the sovereign of Ayodhyá, had a son, named Ráma, the elder brother of Bharata, Śatrughna and Lakshmaṇa. He was a partial incarnation of Vishṇu for the overthrow of Rávaṇa, and he had a wife...
