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Vedas are the most ancient religious scriptures of Hinduism. They are A-purusheya, which means they have not been created by any Human. These Vedas appeared in front of our sages, and they, compiled them.
As we all know, there are a total of four Vedas, namely, Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda.
But, initially there were only three Vedas. Atharvaveda was not a part of this set. It, afterwards, got included into the list. But how did that happen? Well, our Puranas include an interesting story, about Atharvaveda’s inclusion, into the four Vedas.
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Those who are familiar with Hindu mythology know that each and every god has a particular vehicle in the form of an animal or a bird to travel from one place to another.
For example, the vehicle of lord Ganesha is a mouse, Vishnu’s vehicle is Garuda and so on. Similarly, Indra, the king of all the gods, has a vehicle named Airavata and he is an elephant.
Airavata features in multiple mythological texts and is at the center of the story, as far as the famous churning of the ocean is concerned.
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We all know of Kubera, the lord of wealth…an important deity of the Hindu religious pantheon.
But, do you know that he was born into the same family of Ravana’s.He was infact the half-brother of Ravana and the eldest among Ravana and his two other brothers, Bibhishana and Kumbhakarna. All of them share the same father.
Our religious scriptures narrate the story of the birth of Kubera and it goes like this -
We all know of Lord Hanuman who is the god of strength. A lot of our knowledge about him comes from the Ramayana, where we hear about his bravery, and devotion towards Lord Rama. Infact, Hanuman is known as one of the Chiranjivis, people who will never die and still live amongst us.
When it comes to the birth of Lord Hanuman, most of us know that he is the son of Vayu or wind. However some stories also narrate that he is the son of Lord Shiva. Let’s listen in to all these versions.
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Lord Dattatreya - the son of the Hindu Trinity
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We have all heard of Goddess Lakshmi, the granter of wealth and prosperity.
However many if us miss out on her sister who is exactly the opposite of her - Alakshmi or Devi Jyeshtha.
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When King Nala, being possessed by an evil spirit, had abandoned Damayanti, his wife, he saw a great fire burning in the dense forest.
There in the midst of the flames he heard the voice of some being, saying loudly again and again : " Come here, Nala, quickly ! " " Don’t get scared ! "
With these words Nala entered into the midst of the fire and saw a Naga-king lying coiled up in the shape of an ear-ring. This Naga lifted up his folded hands and trembling he spoke to Nala : " “ 0 King, I am the Naga Karkotaka.
This amazing story has been taken from the book - 'Indian Serpent Lore' by Arthur Probsthain
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In Hindu mythology, animals often play a very significant role. They are either the vahans or the vehicles for the gods or they carry some deeper symbolism and meaning.
In this episode we will look into crows and their symbolism with respect to sins, with respect to carrier of the dead souls and the afterlife...
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Did you know that Lord Vishnu had more than 10 avatars. No right!!
Neither did me...
Our Puranic and mythological texts claim that there are 14 more...taking the total to 24. In this episode though, we will look into some of the known avataras of Lord Vishnu, the story behind the Sanat Kumaras and the demons that Lord Vishnu slayed. -
A young boy Arjun, sees an accident with a car hitting a pole.
He rushes to see what has happened with the driver…who is lying bloodied on the steering of the car..
Soon he sees a young woman rushing towards the car and crying for the dead man in the car…
All of a sudden, Arjun wakes up and realizes it was all a dream..
BUT WAS IT RELLY A DREAM?
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A man is given a job to take care of an old mansion which is in the jungles of West Bengal...
Strange things begin to happen with him and the villagers warn him multiple times...
But a large mansion to himself and free food to eat, the entrapment is for real...
But was the entrapment just for money and property or was it something more sinister?
A horror story by one of Bengal's most famous writer - Bibhutibhushan..who is also the writer of the famous 'Pather Panchali'
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60,000 kings are burnt to ashes by an angry sage..
their only way to heaven is to wash their ashes with the waters of the river Ganga..
but it only flows in heavens..Generations make attempts to bring it down to earth...
one succeeds but not without hiccups..
a mytho story of how the Ganga came to earth..
involves Lord Shiva, mythological elephants and angry sages who giveth and taketh... -
Imagine a person standing in front of the judge in a criminal court where his hearing proceedings are on..
Just at that time, 2 people dressed as lawyers come and shoot the person dead from point blank range…
No..this is not a scene from a Bollywood potboiler but a real life story which took place in a Delhi courtroom..
Gangwar where the BOSS was shot dead, not a henchman…
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On a cold winter night in Delhi, a couple are out walking post dinner..
The wife soon notices a known person Vijay standing at the crossing ahead and staring at them...Fear runs through her body...
Soon she sees Vijay walk briskly into a nearby lane....only to re-emerge in a couple of mins..
The wife knows something unfortunate is about to happen..
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One Nawab from Lucknow ruled for 4 months…you might think that this is too small a time period…but then there was one who sat on the throne for only 4 hours!!
Yes..4 hours only!!
Many historians simply even miss out their names while listing the Nawabs of Lucknow.
But why such short periods of time???
Well the British were involved in both, that too in a ‘Kyunki Saas bhi kabhi Bahu thi Style’…creating disharmony between a king and his stubborn wife…
And this saga also involved a British resident being kidnapped at gun-point!!
Listen to this story!!
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The Navratris are currently going on and this is known to be a very auspicious time for us.
A defeated king and a deceived businessman are struggling with their lives and reach an ashram. They discuss their sorrows with the Brahman in the ashram who then tells them the story of how the Goddess has appeared multiple times to help the Gods fight their battles against the demons.
In this series of 4 episodes, I look into the sources and the stories behind why we celebrate this festival.
This episode deals with her appearance from Vishnu’s ear and helps him to destroy Madhu and Kaitabh.
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The demons have again attacked and defeated the gods and this time their leader is Mahisasura. The gods reach out to the Shiv and Vishnu and they emit energy from their bodies which leads to the formation of the Goddess.
This episode deals with how the demons were defeated this time.
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Cow Smuggling has been in the news these days…
But this is not a new operation - organized crime syndicates have been functioning in the sector for a long time and with impunity.
In this episode I decode how the kingpin was bought down and how this entire operation operated within India and the Indo-Bangladesh border..
Listen in…
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