Lord Ayappa – son of Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva
Very few people know that Lord Ayappa was born to Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. He is also called as Hariharputra “the son of Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara)”. The whole story can be read here.
Lord Shiva’s blue throat
The Neelkantha Lord Shiva is also known by the name of “Nilakaṇtha”, which literally means the blue-throated. Once Goddess Parvati learnt that Lord Shiva had swallowed poison, he rushed to hold his neck, so that the poison would not travel neck downwards. That’s how his neck became a deep blue. Lord Shiva story
Shri Krishna became daughter in law of Arjuna
Sounds strange, but this is for real. This too was done for ensuring victory to Pandavas. Arjuna’s son Iravan sacrificed himself before Kurukshetra war. Iravan, was the son of Arjuna from princess Uloopi. Before the start of the Mahabharata war, he agreed to be sacrificed to Goddess Kali to ensure victory for Pandavas. But he had
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 (