Revenges by Pandavas
Revenges in Mahabharata Revenge has been indeed a common occurence in Mahabharata. We find that all pandavas have some scores to settle. Interestingly, we do not find any incidents of...
Eighteen days of Mahabharata war
Mahabharata warriors Day One and Two – The Grandsire’s amazing skills on display Uttara and Sweta, sons of Virata, were killed on day one of Mahabharata war. Shalya killed Uttara and Bhishma killed...
Miniature paintings – Mughal, Kangra and Rajasthan
Miniature paintings from India Miniature paintings are popular folk art form. India, as diverse in flora and fauna and culture, has a range of these paintings which are so different,...
51 curses and boons (Indian mythology)
Curses and Boons in Indian Mythology Curses Curses and boons are an integral part of mythological stories. Some popular and not so well known curses and boons are detailed. When...
Mahabharat – A Story of revenges (Indian Mythology)
“Revenge is a dish best served cold” How true this line is in context of Mahabharat. It is believed that Mahabharat is a symbol of victory of truth over lies,...
Madhubani paintings and Indian mythology (in pictures)
Madhubani painting – a folk art form Madhubani painting is a popular folk art form from India. This folk art form is originated in a small town of bihar, India...
The story of Madhu and Kaitabh
Madhu and Kaitabh, Vishnu and Yog Nidra At the beginning of universe, there was ocean all around. Vishnu lay on Sheshnag in deep slumber under the influence of Yog Nidra....
Dashavatar pictures – indian mythology (2)
Dashavatar of Vishnu – pics of 6-10 avatars See pics of 1-5 avatars Krishna said to Arjuna in Mahabharat war : Whenever Dharma, or the situation of law and order,...
Dashavatar pictures – Indian mythology (1)
Pictures of Lord Vishnu in various avatars (Dashavatar) Vishnu took the form of a big fish. There is a story about this in Hindu scriptures. The Asuras or the...
Kitne aadmi the? – hindi movies – dialogues
Famous dialogues from Hindi Movies You may wonder why a blog on indian mythology would have this kind of article. Well, you are right but the temptation is too much...
Danveer Karna – indian mythology – Mahabharata
Stories related to Danveer Karna from Mahabharata Karna is known for his helping nature and he never turned anyone back when someone asked for anything from him. Following are the...
Mahabharata story- A brief online introduction
An introduction to Mahabharata The Mahabharat or Mahabharata, is one of the two greatest epics available for Hindus, the other being the Ramayan. Mahabharat includes the stories from Dwapar yuga....
Seven little known facts about Karna from the Mahabharat
Karna – the most virtuous warrior from Mahabharat Curses on Karna One afternoon Parashurama requested Karna to bring a pillow to sleep on under a tree shade. Karna instead offered...
Bhishma Pitamah- who angered Shri Krishna
Bhishma – Mahabharata Mahabharata is probably the best piece of fiction ever written, if it did not happen in reality. And if story of mahabharat is someone’s imagination, then the...
A tale of two brothers – Bali and Sugriva (The Ramayana)
Bali and Sugriva in the Ramayana In the Ramayana, two monkey brothers are mentioned with importance. In fact, a complete chapter is devoted with the name of Kishkindha kand on...
Shri Krishna and Hercules – indian and greek mythology
A comparison of Shri Krishna and Hercules – Gods from indian and greek mythology Greek mythology and Indian mythology have some similarities. Earlier we saw that Shri Krishna, the incarnation...
Sankat Mochan temple (mandir)
Sankat Mochan Temple The Sankat Mochan mandir is situated in the holy city of Varanasi. The legend is that this temple was established by Tulsidas, the great poet, who wrote...
La Tomatina – The tomato festival in Bunol (Spain)
La Tomatina The History Bunol, Valencia is famous for Tomatina festival, which is held in every year in the month of August. Its start dates back to 1945, when during...
Ekadashi vrata and its importance
The interesting story of Ekadashi vrata and its importance The Ekadashi day is the most purifying of all days and observing fast on this day takes away all the sins....
Draupadi – an enigma
Draupadi – An enigma Of all characters of Mahabharat, Draupadi’s character is probably the most complex and interesting, barring the Shri Krishna’s character. If I dare say, one can paint...
The Monkey faced sage – Narada
Sage Narada – how he became monkey faced Once Sage Narada observed a severe penance to please gods. As usual, Lord Indra became restless thinking that Narada had plans to...
Greatest hindi movies (Indian cinema)
Greatest Hindi movies which embraced Silver Screen Hindi cinema is celebrating 100 years in 2013. Over the period of a century, hindi movies has witnessed great actors, directors and of...
Karna’s Kavach and Kundal in Mahabharata
Kavach and Kundal – The armour of Karna Kavach and Kundal are significant in terms of Indian mythology or to be specific, Mahabharata epic. These were the insurance for Karna,...
Buddha Jayanti (festival)
The festival of Buddha Jayanti Buddha Jayanti is the most important Buddhist festival. Also known as ‘Buddha Poornima’, it is celebrated on the Poornima or full moon day of the...
Duryodhana’s moment of greatness or Yudhishthir’s moment of madness
Weakness of Yudhishthira in mahabharata Probably Yudhishthira had a tendency to blow it all when he was very close to achieving. He first blew it for Pandavas when he agreed...
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