The Murtis of Bhagavan Jagannatha, Balabhadra and Maa Subhadra are different from the usual figurines we see at temples. Why is it so? From when did Bhagavan Jagannatha come to stay at Puri? Read to know more…
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The tale of three fishes from the Mahabharata’s Shanti Parva teaches us on how a ruler should be. Read to know more…
A tale of Shri Krishna which shows us what true devotion or Bhakti is like. Read to know more…
This is the story behind the origin of the Paal Payasam (rice kheer) as Prasad in the Ambalappuzha temple. Read on to find the connection betwen Chess and the Payasam!
This is the legend behind the celebration of Deepavali in the south of India. Read on to know the story…
This is the story of a saint from Kerala who considered Lord Krishna her son. Read on to know more…
Dear Readers, it’s been over a month since my last story. Here I am once again, and this time I am going to narrate the story of Saint Purandaradasa. Before we go to the story, let us see some historical facts. This saint lived in the period 1480 AD (or 84) to 1564 AD. He […]
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 […]
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 […]
Andal was the only woman saint among the Azhwars, the Vaishnavite poet saints of South India. Azhwar literally meant “immersed” – in the love of the Lord. The twelve Azhwars were, along with the 63 Nayanmars (devotees of Lord Shiva) responsible for reviving the “Bhakthi” movement in Southern India. They established the truth that salvation […]