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Story of Vrishaketu, son of Suryaputra Karna

Vrishaketu was the youngest of the nine sons of Karna, and the only one that survived the battle of Kurukshetra. In the battle of Kurukshetra Karna was slained by Arjuna. Every evening, the battlefield turned into a large crematorium where both sides burnt the dead. Kunti broke the news that the Pandavas needed to do the last rites of their brother Karna and told them about his birth. Once the Pandavas came to know that Karna was their jeshtha bhrata (eldest brother), they were filled with guilt and shame as they would have never fought him. They treated him badly and deprived him of courtesy calling him Sutaputra (person of low birth). Arjuna was filled with remorse for treating him as an enemy and becoming a killer of his own blood. He also realized that Karna had spared the life of four of his brothers as promised to their mother Kunti, and they were devastated. Yudhisthira got angry with his mother for hiding the truth and cursed all womenfolk that they will never be able t...

Story of Shakuni, early life that made him vengeful

In the Mahabharata there is that infamous game of dice in the court of the Kurus, between Duryodhana (eldest of the Kauravas ) and Yudhisthira (eldest of the Pandavas ). Shakuni mama , the maternal uncle of Kauravas , was a master or sorcery, played on behalf of Duryodhana. He had a pair of dice that would always throw the number that he willed. He masterminded the game, where Yudhishthira lost everything in that gambling match, his wealth, his kingdom, his brother, himself and his wife. This is the narration of the circumstances that created the villain in Shakuni mama . Shakuni is the youngest prince of Gandhara, in modern day city of Kandahar in Afghanistan. His father was king Subala and mother Sudarma. His wife was Arsh and had a son by name of Uluka. He had ninety-nine more brothers and a younger sister Gandhari. He was very fond of her. She was married to the blind king Dhritarashtra and mother to her hundred sons and one daughter called Kauravas . During a war ...

Story of Barbarika, who had powers to finish Kurukshetra battle in a minute

In the M ahabharata epic the battle of Kurukshetra was fought between dharma and adharma . It had many great characters and acts. We will read the story of one brave soul, who came to witnessed the battle from far away land of pragjyotishpur . His name was Barbarik, a lost grandson and descendant of Bheema, and who became a reason of Sri Krishna's death later on. He was one of the few who saw the battle with a panoramic. Barbarika, was the son of Ghatotkacha and Ahilyawati. He is the grandson of second pandava, Bheema who married Hidimbi after their escape from Lakshyagriha . Hidimbi was a dimasa kachari princess. Bheema left her after a year after their son Ghatotkacha was born. Ghatotkacha was a powerful warrior, who was a half rakshaasa due to his maternal side. Ahilyawati was the daughter of mighty asura Murra, who was killed by Lord Krishna after Murra defeated Indra. That is why Lor...

Story of Srimanta Sankardeva, let us know Him

Srimanta Sankardeva was a multi-faceted guru who was a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist and social-religious reformer of his time in Assam. He was born on Vijaya Dashami day of 1449. He was born at Bordowa, Nagaon in Assam. He died in 1569 at Bheladonga, Cooch Behar in modern-day West Bengal at the ripe age of 120 years. He had inspired the Bhakti Movement in Assam at the same time as Ramananda, Guru Nanak, Kabir, Basava, Meerabai, Tulsidas, and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu inspired it elsewhere. Srimanta Sankardeva portrait by Vladimir Trochin Srimanta Sankardeva propagated Ekasarana Mahapuruxia Dharma in Assam. Ekasarana means devotion to One. The religion is called Mahapuruxiya because it is based on the worship of the Mahapurush Narayana as mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana. Narayana, as Krishna in his manifestation, is the supreme entity. Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva are all part of Him. It rejected varna (social hierarchy), idol worship, and V...

Story of Bhagadatta, the warrior from the east

In the story of the war of Kurukshetra , one is left to wonder which was the greatest of the fights, who was the best among the warriors, who was feared the most. There is no one answer, nevertheless, there were many legendary warriors and many bloody fights. One of them was king Bhagadatta , the warrior from east. Here is the story of this great warrior in the battle of Kurukshetra. In the book Mahabharata, Second Chapter of the Drona Parva is titled, The Twelfth Day at Kurukshetra; the Fall of Bhagadatta. Bhagadatta was the Pragjyotishadhipati, king of Pragjyotishpur, a region in modern day Guwahati in Assam. Vajradatta and Pushpadatta are his sons and the former succeeded the kinship after Bhagadatta’s death. In the war of Kurukshetra, he sided with the Kauravas . He had long history of enmity with the Pandavas side. His father was Narakasura who was killed in the hands of Krishna. During Rajasuya yagya , Arjuna fought against Bhagadatta for 8 days and after a defe...

Story of Vali, vanara king of Kishkindha

Vali, king of Kishkindha A small misunderstanding can result in great calamity. Vanity, lust, and anger is a poisonous mix that sets the karmic effect, from which even gods' are also not spared. ‘ Karma ’ means action and it is the cause and effect that influence an individual. We will read a story of king Vali, mentioned in the great epic Ramayana. Vali is the mighty vanara king of Kishkindha region. ‘Vaa’ means ‘other’ in Sanskrit and ‘nara’ is ‘human’. Vanara is thus ‘other human’. Also ‘Van’ means forest, thus the other meaning is that of the forest dweller. Hanuman, the great disciple of Rama was from the same tribe. Riksharaja was the king of Kishkindha. One day he went to take a bath in a forbidden pond, and when he came out he had a female form. This form was very beautiful. Indra and Surya were passing by, fell in love. From Indra, Vali was born and with Surya, his younger brother Sugreeve was born. Later Riksharaja turned back to his ori...

Story of Garuda, the mighty king of birds

Garuda Vahan Vishnu Lithograph by Raja Ravi Varma Press Garuda, the vehicle mount of Lord Vishnu, and you might have seen his icon of carrying Vishnu and his two consorts, Lakshmi and Bhumi. This is his story. Garuda was born to sage Kashyapa Prajaapati and his wife Vinata. Kashyapa had another wife, Kadru, the queen of snakes. Garuda is also known as khageshwara , the king of birds; Suvarnakaya , golden bodied; Suparna , he who has beautiful feather; Nagantaka , the devourer of snakes; Gaganeshwar , lord of the sky; Swetarohita , the white and red; Taraswini , the swift; Vajrajit , he who won the thunderbolt from Indra. Sage Kashyapa’s two wives wanted to have children. They got a boon. Kadru wanted one thousand naga sons, and Vinata wanted two, each equal to Kadru’s thousand naga sons. Kashyapa blessed them and went to the forest to meditate. Kadru gave birth to thousand eggs and Vinata gave birth to two. Later, the thousand eggs broke open and out came her...

Story of Angad, vanara prince of Kishkindha

Angad Prince of Kishkindha There are many characteristics in a human being and one of them is arrogance when one thinks of themselves as superior to everyone. The great rakshasa king, Ravana of Lanka, was arrogant. In the great epic of Ramayana, a vanara prince by the name of Angad successfully humbled the great king by making him realize that he is not that great that he thinks himself to be. Let us read the story of Angad. Angad was the son of the king of Kishkindha Vali and queen Tara. Vali himself was a strong and son of Lord Indra. In the event of the Ramayana, Vali was killed by Rama. Vali was so strong that even Lord Rama did not duel with him. Instead, he shot him from his hiding. Vali at the time of his death asked his brother Sugreeve to take care of his child and asked Angad to be of service to Rama. Sugreeve was anointed the king of Kishkindha after Vali's death. Angad was anointed as the prince in waiting and put to learn under an able vanara g...

Story of Usha, a love story that made Krishna fight Shiva

Usha, daughter of asura king Banasura, was a beautiful princess of the kingdom of Sonitpur in the modern-day state of Assam. Banasura was a devotee of Lord Shiva. With his penance, he got a boon from Lord Shiva that the Lord himself will guard his kingdom and be his personal protector. This made him invincible, but in his arrogance, he also asked for a favor by giving him an opportunity to fight a battle with an equally able warrior. Banasura is said to have a thousand arms. He was very arrogant and cruel. He locked his daughter Usha in the fortress of Agnigarh to keep her away from suitors. Usha's Dream print by Ravi Varma Usha one night found herself with a handsome young man. They spent time in each other’s company and fell in love. She woke up in the morning to find it was a dream. She was very upset and told about this person to her friend Chitraleka who dismissed it as a fantasy. This made Usha cry in misery. Seeing her friend upset, Chitralekha drew a picture of the person ...

Travel - On Road from Noida to Lucknow

w In next few hours, I will touch the road driving from Noida to the state capital Lucknow using the Noida-Agra Yamuna Expressway and Agra-LucknowExpressway . This is my first trip on this segment. The intent of the trip would be to record my experience driving on this road in a faithful Hyundai Santro Xing GLS which is a 1086cc, 4 cylinder running on petrol / auto gas on Bridgestone radials. This is peak of Indian Summer, with temperature predicted north of 42 degrees Celsius. Journey starts on 21 May, 2017. I will record my journey in the blog. Log book entry from Lucknow post completion. The 520 km journey for me started at sunrise from Noida and reached Lucknow just after noon time. The Noida to Agra section has been traveled a few times in the past, but the Agra to Lucknow segment was entirely new. This is indeed a good driving experience, and with legal speed limit being 100 km per hour, and not so wavy road, the Santro proved a g...

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