STORIBUZZ

A collection of Indian tales of wit, wisdom, humour, bravery, devotion and lots more...

Tag: Gopal

Little Gopal And The Cowherd

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On August 22, 2016

In Faith and Devotion

Greetings to my readers! With Janmashtami round the corner, this time I am posting a story of Krishna. Long ago, in the present state of Odisha, there lived a poor widow Subala, with her young son. Her husband had died when the son was about a year old and she had no relatives to support […]

Sakshi Gopal

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On January 23, 2015

In Faith and Devotion, Stories related to places

Sakshi means Evidence or Witness in Sanskrit and Sakshi Gopal is the story of Gopal – the beloved Lord of Vrindavan having come as Sakshi or witness for the sake of his devotee. In ancient India, there was a place by name Vidyanagara in the south of India. In this village there lived an old […]

Gopal, The Jester, Again!!

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On June 29, 2014

In Wit, Wisdom and Humour

Gopal was the jester at Raja Krishnachandra’s court. He was a barber by profession but entertained the king a lot with his sharp wit, that the king made him his jester. The Raja had a peculiar habit that he believed that his day being good or bad depended on who he saw first in the […]

Gopal, the Jester

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On December 23, 2013

In Wit, Wisdom and Humour

There are lots of stories in India about wise men who won the hearts of kings with their wit and humour. Birbal, of Akbar’s court and Tenali Rama of Krishnadevaraya’s court are of course the two people we can never forget. But there was a person by name Gopal Bhand, who was in the court […]

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