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Guru poornima is also known as Vyasa Poornima – Why?

Vyasa Poornima Vedvyasa – It is said that Vyasa have been born on Guru Poornima day, but also to have started writing the Brahma Sutras on ashadha sudha padyami, which ends on this day. This great sage also wrote Mahabharata. This was the day, when Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa – author of the Mahabharata – was born to sage Parashara […]

Draupadi had a secret wish for Karna as her husband

Though she was happily married to Pandavas, there were times when She wished Karna as her husband. This famous episode is known as Jambul episode. Read full story here Draupadi wanted someone else as her husband

मां दुर्गा

कैलाश पर्वत के ध्यानी की अर्धांगिनी मां सती पार्वती को ही शैलपुत्री‍, ब्रह्मचारिणी, चंद्रघंटा, कूष्मांडा, स्कंदमाता, कात्यायिनी, कालरात्रि, महागौरी, सिद्धिदात्री आदि नामों से जाना जाता है। इसके अलावा भी मां के अनेक नाम हैं जैसे दुर्गा, जगदम्बा, अम्बे, शेरांवाली आदि, लेकिन सबमें सुंदर नाम तो ‘मां’ ही है। पुरातन काल में दुर्गम नामक दैत्य हुआ।

Radha – was she for real?

The reason for above question is that there is no mention of Radha in scriptures. Neither Mahabharata, Nor Shrimad Bhagwat mention this. This fact is too important to missed by greats like Ved Vyasa. Probably, this was included by Jayadev and became famous from there. The whole story can be found here.

Draupadi wanted someone else as her husband

Though this is not a verified fact, but Draupadi had a wish to have someone as her husband outside her marriage with Pandavas. The Jambul episode This secret of Draupadi, may be considered to be an important aspect of human thinking and also highlights that no one is immune to wandering thoughts. This is also

Guru Poornima

Guru poornima is the celebration of traditional Indian system of paying respect of their Guru or teachers, who had an exalted place in Indian system. Read some more stories of Gurus Guru poornima is the festival which is celebrated to thank teachers in India. This festival is celebrated in the hindi month of Asadh (

Karna’s family

We all know about what a danveer Karna was, but there is very less information on his family.The most important family member is probably Vrishketu, who survived the Mahabharata war and grew very close to Pandavas. His most popular wife is Vrushali. Read more about his family here: Karna’s family – Vrushali and Vrishketu

जटायु और भीष्म

क्रोध बहुत बुरी बात है । कभी भी किसी को क्रोध नहीं करना चाहिये । यहाँ मैं दो स्थितियों का वर्णन करूँगा , एक स्थिति में क्रोध और क्रोध करने वाली की गति और दूसरी स्थिति में क्रोध और क्रोध न करने वाली की गति । पंचवटी में राम, सीता , और लक्ष्मण कुटी बनाकर

When Sita cursed

One does not associate Devi Sita with curses, but according to a story, Devi herself have cursed some entities. The whole story goes as following. Preparation of shraddha for King Dashratha When Rama, Sita and Lakshman went for exile, Dasharatha passed away, as he was unable to bear the pain of separation of his sons.

When Bhishma matched his Guru

We all know stories about Bhishma pratigya, but little do we know about him holding his Guru, bhagwan Parshurama for twenty two days. Yes, this is true, there was a battle between these great warriors that ended in a stalemate. The story goes like this, after rejected by her lover, Amba reached to Parshurama and requested

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