Stories From India

A #TenaliRaman story about how Raman insults the King and his subjects, and still gets away with it! Even if the punishment is Exile or even Execution!

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Previous Tenali Raman stories are here

#sfipodcast #Tenali #Raman #Krishnadevaraya #Krishnadevarayar #Vijayanagar #Vijayanagaram

A Himachal Pradesh Folktale about an evil stepmother, seven not-so-evil stepdaughters, a picky tiger, a not-so-picky King, and finally revenge!

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#sfipodcast #HimachalPradesh #HimachalPradeshFolkTales #Simla #Shimla #FolkTalesOfSimla #FolkTales #FolkTale #FolkTalesOfIndia #IndianFolkTales

We finish the story of how Garuda got sweet revenge on the Nagas, single-handedly defeated all the Devas, and also became Vishnu's vahana!

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#sfipodcast #Mahabharat #Mahabharata #Indra #Garud #Amrit #Garuda #Nagas #Devas #Vishnu

A story explaining the birth of the mighty Garuda, who went on to single-handedly defeat all the Devas, and later became Vishnu's vahana!

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#sfipodcast #Mahabharata #Vishnu #Garuda #Garud #Nagas #Kashyap #Kashyapa #Aruna #Arun #Surya #Deva #Devas #Indra

A story from the #Mahabharata about #Tilottama - an #Apsara who saves the world from #Asuras, #Sunda and #Upasunda after yet another blessing from #Brahma goes all wrong!

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#sfipodcast #Mahabharat #NaradaMuni #Narada #Narad #NaradMuni

A Diwali mini-story about tricking Death when it appears as a Snake - all you need is lots of Light, and lots of Metal!

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Another Diwali episode is here

#sfipodcast #Diwali #Dhanteras #NaradaMuni #NaradMuni #Narada #Narad #Yama

A story from the Mahabharata about a King, Shibi, who will go to any extent to protect his subjects! And why weigh-ins are important before any contest!

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Other Mahabharata episodes are here

#sfipodcast #Shibi #Indra #Narada #Narad #NaradaMuni #NaradMuni #Agni #Yama #Shani #Mahabharata #Mahabharat

We continue the story of Princess Chandrakanta, with Aiyyaars spying on each other and playing tricks.... which doesn't end well for at least one of them!

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Previous Chandrakanta episodes - Episode 130 and Episode 137.

#sfipodcast #Chandrakanta #DevakiNandanKhatri #Khatri #ChandrakantaSantati

3-year anniversary special! This is a bonus episode featuring a singing contest between Hanuman and Narada! Also, find out how to melt rock, without using a volcano!

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#sfipodcast #Hanuman #Narada #Narad #NaradaMuni

A story from the #Upanishads about a 10 year old boy #Nachiketa who had a brush with Death, all because his father couldn’t control his anger!

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Episode 31 featured Yama before in the Satyavan and Savitri story.

#sfipodcast #Upanishad #Nachiket #Yama #Yamraj