Indian mythology
Indian mythology is a supreme collection of teachings, learnings and inspiring stories. There are four important vedas, a lot of puranas, upanishads and many more. Then there is Ramayana and Mahabharata. Mahabhrata is also known as Fifth veda, and it is a mesmerizing story of human relationships.
Most popular stories about Lord Shiva
Lord Shiva, the god of destruction is actually easy to appease. He is also known as Bhole Baba. There are important Jyotirlingas of him which are reverred by Hindus. Few people know that Goddess Parvati had done great penance to get Lord Shiva as her husband and their marriage was done on Mahashivaratri day. Then there are interesting story of Lord Kartikeya and Lord Ganesha, both are the sons of Lord Shiva. Lord Kartikeya is known as Lord Swaminatha as he has taught Lord Shiva.
- Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga – Lord Shiva
- The story of Nageshwar Jyotirlinga – Lord Shiva
- Rameshwaram Jyotirlniga
- Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga – Lord Shiva temple
- Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga – Lord Shiva
- Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga – Lord Shiva as Mahakal
- Mallikarjun Jyotirlinga – Lord Shiva’s temple
- Jyotirlinga : Somnath ( Temple of Lord Shiva )
- Lord Shiva as a servant of Poet Vidyapati in form of Ugna
- Kanwar festival or Shravan festival in India
- Interesting story of birth of Lord Ganesha and duel with Shiva
- The story of Baidyanath Jyotirlinga at Deoghar
- Deoghar, Baidyanath dham and Shravan festival
Nag Panchmi Festival Deoghar, Shravan and Lord Shiva Baidyanath Jyotirlinga
Shri Krishna Janmashtmi Festival Mahakaleshwar
Sita Swayamvar Why Ravana abducted Sita
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- Arrrival and departure of Goddess Durga
- Goddess Durga , Shumbha and Nishumbha
- Durga Saptashati mantras
- Maa Kalratri
- Maa Skandmata
- मां स्कंदमाता
- Navratri legends
- माँ चंद्रघंटा
- Eight Powerful Mantras of Maa Durga
- How Devi Saraswati helped in killing of Ravana
- Exploits of Lord Krishna
- Lord Kartikeya stories
- Mahishasura and Goddess Durga
- Nine forms of Maa Durga – Navdurga
- 108 names of Goddess Durga
- Sarva badha Vinirmukto Mantra
- Ten unknown interesting stories about Lord Parshuram
- Maa Baglamukhi
- Bhishma Pitamah chose his date of death after Makar Sankranti
- Sati and Shakti peeths
- Duryodhana’s moment of greatness or Yudhishthir’s moment of madness
- Kurma Avatar (Tortoise Incarnation of Lord Vishnu)
- Eighteen days of Mahabharata War
- Lord Parshuram feelings on death of Karna
- Unknown facts about Sampati from The Ramayana
- Seven great warriors and how they died in Mahabharata – in pictures
- Lord Hanumana brings Sanjeevani herb for Lakshman
- Unknown facts about Mahashivaratri
- Tirupati Balaji facts – Lord Venkateshwara
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- Arrrival and departure of Goddess Durga
- Goddess Durga , Shumbha and Nishumbha
- Durga Saptashati mantras
- Maa Kalratri
- Maa Skandmata
- मां स्कंदमाता
- Navratri legends
- माँ चंद्रघंटा
- Eight Powerful Mantras of Maa Durga
- How Devi Saraswati helped in killing of Ravana
- Exploits of Lord Krishna
- Lord Kartikeya stories
- Mahishasura and Goddess Durga
- Nine forms of Maa Durga – Navdurga
- 108 names of Goddess Durga
- Sarva badha Vinirmukto Mantra
- Ten unknown interesting stories about Lord Parshuram
- Maa Baglamukhi
- Bhishma Pitamah chose his date of death after Makar Sankranti
- Sati and Shakti peeths
- Duryodhana’s moment of greatness or Yudhishthir’s moment of madness
- Kurma Avatar (Tortoise Incarnation of Lord Vishnu)
- Eighteen days of Mahabharata War
- Lord Parshuram feelings on death of Karna
- Unknown facts about Sampati from The Ramayana
- Seven great warriors and how they died in Mahabharata – in pictures
- Lord Hanumana brings Sanjeevani herb for Lakshman
- Unknown facts about Mahashivaratri
- Tirupati Balaji facts – Lord Venkateshwara
Most popular stories from Indian mythology
Then in Indian mythology, there are three supreme deities, also called as Trinity. These are Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. There is an interesting story of why Lord Brahma is not worshipped.
There are famous incarnations of Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. We have twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva and there are Shakti peeths which are formed when Devi Sati ended her life. Each of these are of great relevance to Hindus.
Most popular stories about Lord Krishna
Any discussion Indian mythology is not complete unless there is some talk on Lord Krishna. He is one of the most popular avatars of Lord Vishnu, Lord Krishna helped Pandavas immensely to win the battle of Mahabharata. This war was fought over eighteen days. He also killed Kansa and his exploits as a child are equally famous.
- बांके बिहारी की कथा – The story of Banke Bihari
- Unknown facts of Lord Krishna
- The gem which gave Lord Krishna two wives
- The festival of Naraka Chaturdashi (before Diwali)
- Janmashtmi festival – Birth of Lord Krishna
- Sage Narada – Tulabharam (Krishna, Satyabhama and Rukmini)
- Shri Krishna did not save Draupadi from cheer haran
- Seven occasions when Lord Krishna saved Pandavas
- Shri Krishna and Hercules – indian and greek mythology
- Barbarika surprises Sri Krishna
- Shri Krishna janmabhoomi mandir (temple) at Mathura
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Most popular stories about Lord Vishnu
Lord Vishnu is the second of holy trinity and he is entrusted with welfare of everyone. He took ten incarnations from time to time to help mankind and devtas. His tenth avatar, the Kalki avatar is slated to appear at the end of Kaliyuga. Krishna Avatar and Rama avatar are two of his most famous avatars.
Most popular stories about Lord Hanumana
Lord Hanumana helped the Rama incarnation of Lord Vishnu in killing of Ravana. He is also believed to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva. His famous exploit was in Sunder Kand, where he located Sita Maa at Lanka and destroyed Lanka, the city of Ravana. There are several unknown stories about him.
Other stories from Indian mythology
Pandavas are the sons of Pandu and Kunti. They also hold a special place in Indian mythology. There are unknown facts from Mahabharata, which will surely mesmerize the readers.
Draupadi is one of the most talked about character of Mahabharata. Few people know that she could have fourteen husbands.
And here are some great stories about the great archer, Arjuna.
Karna, the tragic hero and Bhishma Pitamah are other notable characters from Mahabharata. There are chapters dedicated to them in Mahabharata.
Bhishma has the distinction of making Shri Krishna lift a weapon in the war of Mahabharata, such was the power of grand sire.
- Bali and Sugriva – Ramayana Katha
- Lohri wishes in Hindi
- Lohri essay in Hindi
- Lohri Mata ki Katha
- Makar Sankranti – first major festival of the year
- Mantra of success – Krishna Mantra
- The story of Shishupala
- Ekadashi vrata and its importance
- Famous Curses in Indian mythology
- Draupadi Swayamvara
- Seven little known facts from the Mahabharata (2)
- Love stories from Mahabharata
- Beej Mantras and their importance
- Kartik Poornima (Kartik Purnima) festival
- The Story of Karna
Read in brief about all nine days of Navratri
Maa Durga is worshipped for nine days. During this period, her nine forms are celebrated. Tenth day is celebrated as Dusshera.
Navratri
- Namo Namo Durge Sukh karni – Goddess Durga shloka
- The killing of Dhumralochana
- Maa Baglamukhi story
- मां दुर्गा
- माँ सिद्धिदात्री
- Durga, Artemis and Apollo – A comparison of Indian and Greek mythology
- Maa Mahagauri
- 108 names of Goddess Durga
- Nine days of Navratri festival
- The story of Navratri festival
Happy Chitragupta Puja and Goverdhan Puja
Freeflow welcomes all their readers for the festive season Coming months hold great importance for Hindus as there are lot of festivital activities for them. Dhanteras, Diwali, Chhath are some of the important festivals for Hindus.
Festival of Diwali is not complete with Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha. Here are few stories about Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha.
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