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.
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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
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.
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
Enjoy the story on Mata Yashoda on mother’s day
Know about Mata Yashoda, perhaps the most popular mother in Indian texts. There were known and unknown facts about her, such as how Lord Krishna made her forget his virat roop so that he gets her love as before. Read more about this here. Mata Yashoda story
The meaning and importance of Lord Vishnu’s mantra
There is an interesting story related to Lord Vishnu’s mantra. Lord Vishnu is described as Shantakaram; always peaceful and steady minded. Once Sage Kashyapa was celebrating a yajna and all the sages had gathered to witness the same. Now there arose a doubt in their mind as to who was highest of all the divinities.