Stories
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Hanuman and the nine plan...
Hanuman and the nine planets We had talked about Hanuman and Kali in one of our earlier stories. (https://bharatiyastories.blogspot.com/2025/04/hanuman-and-kali.html).In that story we saw how Hanuman cleverly planned the death of Mahiravana. Mahiravana was a great warrior and his death was a big loss for Ravana’s side. Ravana was now getting worried about the outcome of the war. He consulte...
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Hanuman and Kali
Hanuman and Kali The battle was raging on. It started off as a battle of unequal armies. On the one hand, were a huge army of monkeys and bears. On the other side was the disciplined army led by Ravana and his brave and disciplined army.The army of monkeys had Lord Rama and the mighty Lakshmana as their leader. More importantly they had dharma on their side. Slowly, but surely the tide turned...
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The Birth of Rama
The BirthKing Dasarath did the Ashvamedha yagna -a yagna is a yagna done by a king to establish himself as a ruler of many kingdoms. Sage Rishyashringa was called to officiate as the chief priest of the Ashvamedha. This was a complex yagna and Rishyashringa completed it perfectly.Pleased with this, Dasarath asked Sage Rishyashringa who officiated for the Ashvamedha yagna to do a Putrakameshti yagn...
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Hanuman`s Journey - Part ...
Flight of Hanuman – Understanding and learningsWe started travelling with Hanuman across the ocean and tried to glean some learnings. After hugging the Mainaka mountain, Hanuman continued his journey – in this case a flight without a plane. As he was proceeding, the Devas decided that there was a need to show his might to the world. So they went to Surasa, a Nagamatha (A motherly Naga) wh...
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Hanuman`s Journey - Part ...
Flight of Hanuman – Understanding and learningsWe can look at important incidents in our ithihasas as Puranas as happenstance and enjoy it as an action sequence. On the other hand, we could stop and understand it better. We are just taking a well known sequence in the Sundara Kanda of the Ramayana – Hanuman crossing the Lanka. We are just taking a few of the shlokas to understand if we ca...
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#Jyotirlirlinga Ramanatha...
Jyotirlinga # RamanathaswamyThe Jyotirlingas have a significant religious, spiritual, historical and religious importance in Bharat. In addition to being a must do in the pilgrim circuit, the Jyotirlingas have a story to tell. Let us understand and appreciate the puranic stories behind these places, the history and the societal significance in the present context.Somnath is the oldest Jyotirl...
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Vishwamitra - A Journey
War of the TitansFrom a Raja to a Rajarishi to a Brahma rishiWe saw the birth story of Kaushika last week. (https://bharatiyastories.blogspot.com/2024/02/rajarishis-and-mixed-up-potions.html)Sage Vishwamitra occupies a very central position in our dharma as he was a Mantradrashta of the Gayathri Manthra. What is a Mantradrashta? Drashta comes from the root word Drishti in Sanskrit, which means to ...
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Story on Forgiveness
We had seen the story of Sukeshi who went to the ashram of the sages in the Magadh forest and learnt many dharmic concepts. (https://bharatiyastories.blogspot.com/2024/02/pious-asuras-and-worried-gods). Amongst the many things he learnt from the sages, he got the knowledge of the ten basic principles of Dharma that is common to all people irrespective of their occupation (varnas). We had already c...
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Kaakasura
We had seen the story of Sukeshi who went to the ashram of the sages in the Magadh forest and learnt many dharmic concepts. (https://bharatiyastories.blogspot.com/2024/02/pious-asuras-and-worried-gods). Amongst the many things he learnt from the sages, he got the knowledge of the ten basic principles of Dharma that is common to all people irrespective of their occupation (varnas). We had already c...