A temple was situated in a corner of the village. There was a huge neem tree outside the temple in which there lived a ghost. The ghost was living in the tree with the hope that it would be absolved off its sins if it stayed close to God.
There lived a devotee in the village [...]
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The devotee who scared a ghost
Posted in Folk tale, tagged devotee, ghost, tantric on June 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Masaniamman, the village goddess
Posted in Folk tale, tagged Masaniamman, mortar, Pollachi, Shakti, Village on October 14, 2008 | 6 Comments »
These are beautiful blooms from my wild garden back home.
I am back after ten-day nostalgic and fulfilling trip to my hometown. Nostalgic because my folks have decided to sell our house and move to another place. Fulfilling because I visited a temple in a nearby town and came back with a story for my blog. [...]
Who is greater?
Posted in Folk tale, tagged Grains, Navadaniyam, Ragi, Rama, Rice on September 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
During the Tretha Yug, when Rama was ruling over Ayodhya, there was a discussion about the nine grains known as ‘Navadaniyams’. The Navadaniyams fought with each other, had a big argument and came to Rama for judgment. Rama, didn’t want to take a decision on his own and hence asked sage Gouthama to find out [...]
The tale of a village goddess
Posted in Folk tale, tagged kadalur, uruppidi amman, Village on August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Once upon a time there was a king named Rayathondaiman. The country was under the rule of the Nawabs and Rayathondaiman was the king of a small area called Kanchamanadapuram, allotted to him by the Nawabs.
The king was fond of hunting. One day while returning from one such expedition, he met a small boy who [...]
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 [...]
Learn from your mistakes
Posted in Folk tale, tagged carcass, debris, jungle, pilot on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two youngsters regularly went hunting for animals in the nearby jungle. Once they hired a plane and went into the jungle. After a long wait both of them caught an ox each and pulled the carcass to the plane to get back home.
When the reached the plane the pilot said they could not take the [...]
The Worldly wise
Posted in Folk tale, tagged disease, floods, Folk tale, King on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Once there was a king, who thought that senior citizens were unfit to be in his kingdom. So he asked them to go out of his kingdom and find other places to live. The aged citizens were worried and helpless and most of them left the kingdom.
Once it so happened that the kingdom was threatened [...]
