Early 1900s British India - a lady is travelling from Calcutta to Durgapur and gets robbed in between. However, a cobra ensures a twist in this tale.

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Early 1900s British India - a lady is travelling from Calcutta to Durgapur and gets robbed in between. However, a cobra ensures a twist in this tale. 

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We have all heard of Shivaji as the ruler who fought against the Mughals…now it is time for some incredible tales from his life.

Listen in to this story of how snakes are guardians of buried treasures and led to money coming into Shivaji’s family.

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We have all heard of Shivaji as the ruler who fought against the Mughals…now it is time for some incredible tales from his life. 

Listen in to this story of how snakes are guardians of buried treasures and led to money coming into Shivaji’s family. 

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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

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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. 

In this episode we will cover her story. 

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