The Kurukshetra war was on. The most ferocious fighter that day was Karna. He had told his friend Duryodhana that he would defeat the Pandavas, so he was charged and raring to go. The first to arrive in the battlefield was Yudhishtra. Being the chieftain of the Pandava army, Karna decided to tackle Yudhishtra first.
Fighting [...]
Archive for July, 2008
During the Kurukshetra war
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Andhakasura
Posted in Mythology, tagged Andhakasura, Asuras, devas, Kashyapa, Narada on July 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Once sage Kashyapa’s wife Dhiti was saddened by the fact that each one of her sons died at the hands of Lord Vishnu, whenever he took a new avatar. So she tells her husband to grant her a boon by which she would beget a son who would be immortal.
Sage Kashyapa grants her a [...]
The wise farmer
Posted in Folk tale, tagged farmer, Folk tale, shandy on July 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Once there was a farmer who took all the produce from his farm to the weekly shandy. One day after selling all the produce, he bundled all his earnings in a cloth bag and was returning home. A thief was watching the farmer all the while and wondered how he could steal the bag from [...]
Bhakta Ramdas
Posted in Religious, tagged Andhra Pradesh, bhadrachalam, Godavari, Ramdas on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Once the King of Mountains Meru and his wife Menaka were blessed with twins. They were called Bhadran and Neelan. Both turned out to be ardent devotees of Lord Vishnu. Once Bhadran was meditating on the banks of the river Godavari. Pleased with his devotion, Lord Vishnu appears before him as Lord Rama with his [...]
How Yama lost his good looks
Posted in Mythology, tagged Azhar, God of Death, Lakshmi, Perumal, Yama on July 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Once there was a man who was very handsome. All his features were very attractive that he attracted a lot of attention from the women folk. He had an interesting job, which was escorting dead people to heaven or hell. He was Yama Dharmaraja or the God of Death.
This was several eons ago, before he [...]
