Stories
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Vikramam and Betaal - The...
Vikram and Betaal – Story 6We saw how King Vikramaditya (Vikram) went to the cremation ground at the instruction of a sage to get a dead body and found a ghost. It agreed to come on the condition that the king should not talk till he reached his destination. The ghost had been telling him stories and tricked him into talking by putting an interesting question. The ghost also threatened him sayin...
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Vikramam and Betaal - The...
Vikram and Betaal – Story 5We saw how King Vikramaditya (Vikram) went to the cremation ground at the instruction of a sage to get a dead body and found a ghost. It agreed to come on the condition that the king should not talk till he reached his destination. The ghost had been telling him stories and tricked him into talking by putting an interesting question. The ghost also threatened him...
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Vikramam and Betaal - Sto...
Vikram and Betaal – Story 4We saw how King Vikramaditya (Vikram) went to the cremation ground at the instruction of a sage to get a dead body and found a ghost. It agreed to come on the condition that the king should not talk till he reached his destination. The ghost then started telling him a story. Here goes. The Exchanged HeadsIn a village near Kashi there once lived a washerman named D...
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Vikramam and Betaal - The...
Vikram and Betaal – Story 2We saw how King Vikramaditya (Vikram) went to the cremation ground at the instruction of a sage to get a dead body and found a ghost. It agreed to come on the condition that the king should not talk till he reached his destination. The ghost then started telling him a story. Here goes.The Sensitive QueensIn the beautiful city of Ujjain once ruled a king who was valorou...
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Vikramam and Betaal - The...
Vikram and Betaal – Story 1We saw how King Vikramaditya (Vikram) went to the cremation ground at the instruction of a sage to get a dead body and found a ghost. It agreed to come on the condition that the king should not talk till he reached his destination. The ghost then started telling him a story. Here goes. The three special brahminsOnce upon a time there lived a brahmin called Vishnus...
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Vikramaditya - The Journe...
Vikramaditya – the Journey BeginsBetaal Pachisi wrote a set of beautiful stories 2500 years ago in Sanskrit. These stories cover a whole lot of issues and are famously known as the Vikram and Betaal stories. The hero of the stories as the name indicates is King Vikramaditya also known as Vikram. Let us start with the first story of how Vikram meets Betaal. Betaal means a ghost.Once upon a time t...
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Vayuputra Hanuman
VayuputraBajrangbali, Hanuman, Anjaneya – we call him by many names. But all it denotes supreme power and complete devotion to Lord Rama and humility towards all others.We celebrate him as the Ashta siddi Navanidhi ke dhata (the possessor of eight powers and nine types of wealth). How did he get all these powers – just by his parentage? His devotion to Rama or was there more to it. Let us see ...
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The Forgotten Tenth Man
The forgotten tenth manThe need for a Guru is felt by most people at some point of time in their life. In Sanatana Dharma, we sayगुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः ।गुरुरेव परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे&...
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Shitala Mata
We have seen earlier 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 also got the knowledge of the ten basic principles of Dharma that is common to all people irrespective of their occupation (varnas). We...
