This is the legend behind the celebration of Deepavali in the south of India. Read on to know the story…
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Read the story of Lingodbhava (Shiva) here…
This is the narration of the two instances from Ramayana where the mighty Hanuman uprooted a mountain from the Himalayas and brought it all the way to Lanka to save the life of his dear Rama and Lakshmana. Read on to find out more…
This is the story of why the Shami tree is revered on Vijayadashami day. Read on to know why…
Why do people not look at the moon on Chaturthi days, especially on Ganesh Chaturthi? Read on to know the story…
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 […]
The festival of Holi was celebrated with much gaiety and fervour a few days ago, all over India. I am also happy to inform you that tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of this blog of mine, and to celebrate both, I bring to you the Legend of Holika Dahan which is done on the eve […]
Udupi is a town on the west coast of India and is situated in the state of Karnataka. Udupi is associated with Lord Krishna just as Puri is identified with Lord Jagannath or Mount Kailash with Lord Shiva. But it is interesting to note that Krishna has been residing here from the thirteenth century. Before […]
This is the story of Nampaaduvaan associated with Kaisika Ekadashi which is falling on 10th of December 2016. Ekadashi is the eleventh day of the waxing/waning moon and this day of the waxing moon in the Tamil month of Kartikai is called as Kaisika Ekadashi. There is a beautiful story associated with this particular Ekadashi […]
Today is Vijayadashami or Dussehra as it is called in the North of India and I am going to narrate the story of Vijayadashami. Long long ago there lived a fearful asura or demon called Mahishasura. He had the head of a buffalo but could assume any form at will. He was the son of […]