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And the Lord obeyed!

This is the story of how Lord Nataraja changed his pose for the sake of a King’s devotion at Madurai. Read to know more…

The Unusual Sacrifice

We have heard a number of stories of warriors sacrificing their lives for their country, but here is a story of an unusual sacrifice, by a sculptor. Read to know more.

The Story of stories – The birth of Kathasaritasagara – Part II

This is the continuation of Part I of the same story of how Kathasaritasagara was born.

Maha Skanda Sashti II – Soora Samharam

This is Part II of the Legend of Maha Skanda Sashti detailing the killing of the Asura Soorapadma by Lord Skanda. Please read Part I before proceeding to read Part II.

Maha Skanda Sashti I – The birth of Lord Skanda

Presenting the story of Soora Samharam by Lord Kartikeya. Story in two parts. Read along for Part I

Narahari Sonar – The saint-poet

This is the story of the transformation of Narahari Sonar, a goldsmith to Sant Narahari, the saint. Read on to find out how the transformation took place…

Tiruvadirai Kali – An interesting legend

The legend of how the sweet dish ‘kali’ became to be an offering to Lord Nataraja on Ardra Darshan day

Why Durva grass or Arugampul is dear to Lord Ganesha…

Today is Ganesh Chaturthi, one of the largest festivals celebrated in our country with lot of fervour and grandeur and I am going to narrate the story of how the Durva grass, called Arugampul in Tamil became dear to Lord Ganesha. You must have noticed that however much Ganesha is decorated with costly ornaments made […]

Tirukurippu Thonda Nayanar

In the ancient town of Kanchipuram lived a saintly washerman by name Tirukurippu Thondar. He was a washerman by profession, but he considered it his duty to serve the devotees of Lord Shiva and just by looking at the facial expression of a devotee, he would know what he needed and do that service to […]

Tirunavukkarasar- The ruler of speech.

This is the story of another of the famous Nayanmars,  Tirunavukkarasar. Tirunavukkarasar literally means ‘Ruler of the tongue’ (speech) and this title was bestowed upon this Nayanmar by Lord Shiva himself. He is counted as one of the ‘Nalvars’ or foursome who extensively sang on Lord Shiva. In the 7th century AD, in the village […]

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