A story from history about Purandara Dasa, a Scrooge-like diamond merchant whose meeting with Vishnu changed him to the extent that he gave it all away and became a composer and singer, ultimately becoming the grandfather of Carnatic music

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/history-purandara-dasa-ep-238/ 

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

#sfipodcast #PurandaraDasa #Purandara #Purundara #PurundaraDasa #Vishnu #Carnatic #CarnaticMusic #IndianHistory #HistoryOfIndia

A story from the Ramayana featuring Ravana’s little brother, Kumbhakarna, who is anything but little. We’ll see him enter the battlefield against the Vanar army

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/ramayana-kumbhakarna-ep-237-stories-from-india-podcast/ 

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Previous Ramayana episodes:

Ramayana - Stories From India 

#sfipodcast #Ramayana #Ramayan #Ram #Laxman #Lakshman #Seeta #Sita #Ravana #Ravan #Hanuman #Sugreeva #Sugriva #Ayodhya #Lanka #Kumbhakarna

We continue the story of #Chandrakanta, where the evil mastermind Kroor Singh allies with another evil mastermind, Maharaja Shivdutt, and his powerful #Aiyyaars

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/chandrakanta-aiyyar-warfare-ep-236-stories-from-india-podcast/ 

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Previous Chandrakanta episodes:

Chandrakanta - Stories From India 

#sfipodcast #Chandrakanta #DevakiNandanKhatri #Aiyyaar #Aiyyaari #Aiyyar #Aiyyari #KroorSingh #Virendra #VirendraSingh #TejSingh #Tej

A story about Kartikeya or Murugan or Skanda, the Son of Shiva, who defeated the invincible Tarakasura, and a hill-carrying Asura all while he was still a child

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/shiva-kartikeya-ep-235-stories-from-india-podcast/

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Related episodes:

Tripura – Shiva – {Ep.146} - Stories From India

Episode 6.5 – All in the Family - Stories From India 

Episode 122 – Mahabharata – Nahush and Ashoksundari

Episode 28 – His Girl Friday - Stories From India

Episode 9 – A clever Minister in King Akbar’s court - Stories From India 

#sfipodcast #Kartikeya #Shiva #Parvati #Murugan #Skanda #Shanmukha #Subhramanya #Ganesha #Ganesh #Narada #NaradaMuni #Tarakasura #Indra #Brahma #Om #Aum

Two Akbar-Birbal stories, one about Birbal’s Guru from whom he got all his wit, and the other is about Birbal relegated to the role of a washerman’s donkey!

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/akbar-birbal-birbals-guru-ep-234-stories-from-india-podcast/

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Previous Akbar-Birbal stories:

Akbar-Birbal - Stories From India 

Amba story referred in the show notes: 

Episode 91 – Mahabharat – Amba - Stories From India 

#sfipodcast #AkbarBirbal #Akbar #Birbal #Agra

A Vikram-Betaal story featuring a tricky situation, a love triangle, a ruthless bandit, and a puzzle as usual. Will Vikramaditya solve it this time?

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/vikram-betaal-stealing-hearts-and-jewels-ep-233-stories-from-india-podcast/

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Previous Vikram Betaal stories

Previous Singhasan Battisi stories

#sfipodcast #VikramBetaal #VikramAurBetaal #Vikramaditya #Betaal #RajaVikram #RajaVikramditya

An Arunachal Pradesh Folk Tale about some students at the #Urgelling monastery, whose teacher really wanted them to learn flying before they could learn anything else!

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/arunachal-pradesh-folk-tale-flying-monks-ep-232-stories-from-india-podcast/

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

#sfipodcast #ArunachalPradesh #ArunchalPradeshFolkTales #FolkTalesOfArunachalPradesh #MountGorichen #Gorichen #Tawang #Monastery #FolkTalesOfIndia #IndianFolkTales #FolkTale #FolkTales

A story from the Ramayana about how Ravana enters the battlefield and faces off against Sugriva, Hanuman, Nila, Lakshman, Hanuman again, and finally Ram himself!

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/ramayana-ravana-enters-the-ring-ep-231-stories-from-india-podcast/

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Previous Ramayana episodes: https://sfipodcast.com/category/ramayana/

#sfipodcast #Ramayana #Ram #Rama #Laxman #Lakshman #Sita #Seeta #Ravana #Ravan #Lanka #Sugriva #Sugreeva #Hanuman #Nila

A love story between an Apsara and a King - Urvashi and Pururavas. Also featuring magical transformations, celestial theater and a gem that keeps popping up

Transcript and show notes

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

#sfipodcast #Urvashi #Pururavas #Kalidasa #Apsara #Indra #Swarg #Ayus #Kubera #Mahabharat #Mahabharata

A story from the Mahabharata about how Bhima rescued a village from Bakasura - a giant, gluttonous monster. And he did it without the villagers even realizing it!

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/mahabharata-bhima-vs-bakasura-ep-229-stories-from-india-podcast/

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Previous Mahabharata episodes: https://sfipodcast.com/category/mahabharata/

#sfipodcast #Bhima #Mahabharata #Mahabharat #Bheema #Pandavas #Arjun #Yudhishthir #Kunti #Bakasur #Bakasura #Ekachakra #EdenGardens #Kolkata