From the epics
Stories from the Indian astrological tradition.
Hand-curated stories from the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavata Purana, Padma Purana, Skanda Purana, Buddhist Jataka tales, the Tamil Sangam corpus, and oral folk traditions of Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra. Each story sourced to a specific text. Five to ten minutes per story. Every translation is hand-authored.
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Pl. IDevi stories
The merchant's wife who asked Shiva to make her a ghoul
Punithavathi was the most beautiful woman in Karaikal, wife of a wealthy merchant, perfumed, garlanded, the envy of the town. After the mango miracle, when her husband fled in fear of her, she asked Shiva for one boon: take away this body. Let me follow you as a skeleton.
Vidhata Editorial Desk/8 min/Adults
Krishna lifts Mount Govardhan, India, 17th c.
Pl. IIDevi stories
The goddess who wore earrings to humble a philosopher
When Adi Shankaracharya arrived at Jambukeshwaram, the goddess Akhilandeshwari was so fierce that priests could not approach her sanctum. The young monk did not subdue her with mantras. He gave her a pair of earrings.
Vidhata Editorial Desk/7 min/All ages
Sudāmā at the glimpse of Krishna’s palace, Pahari, c.1775
Pl. IIIDevi stories
A map of the goddess: walking the fifty-one places her body fell
In Balochistan, Muslim guardians keep watch over a Hindu cave shrine. In Assam, a temple bleeds for three days each year. In Kolkata, the goddess sits in a temple beside a drain. The 51 Shakti-Pithas are the strangest pilgrimage map in the world.
Vidhata Editorial Desk/8 min/Adults
The Battle at Lanka, Sahibdin, Mewar, 1649 to 1653