Katha Weaver

When the asura brothers Shumbh and Nishumbh sent a proposal to Maa Durga for marriage, she called on the brothers for a battle to prove their prowess.

However, at the battlefield, Maa Durga witnessed an unlikely asura Raktabhij, which called for the manifestation of the firece form of Shakti, Maa Kali.

When the evil King Vena dies without an heir, the sages come together to create a being from Vena’s body. They name the being Prithu, who is also believed to be the incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

But due to the long absence of a king to govern the Bhuloka, the land couldn’t flourish, and soon there was a scarcity of food grains. Prithu, the newly crowned king, took up the task of getting his subjects out of their pitiable condition, and thus the search for Earth began, as she was the only one who could save the world from chaos.

When we look at the idol or images of Ganapathi, we never miss to notice the tiny creature sitting at the feet of Lord Ganesha, his vahana Mooshak. So lets hear how a small mouse ended up being the vahana of the big and mighty Lord Ganesha.

Shukracharya, the Sage of Asuras possessed the knowledge of Mritasanjivani mantra which could infuse life into the dead, thereby ensuring an endless army of rivals for the Devas.

The Devas concerned with this power of Shukracharya, devised a plan to steal the mantra – a plan that entailed love, betrayal and a curse!