Stories From India

A story about me, Narada Muni! I learn meditation, and then I get a face-lift - thanks to Vishnu! And I break the time-traveler’s code!

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A Ramayana story about how Ram, Laxman and the Vanars built the Rama Setu and crossed the ocean to reach Lanka. Also featuring an explanation for why there’s a desert in Rajasthan!

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Previous Ramayana Episodes:

Valmiki was the author of the epic. His origin story is in Episode 6

The main story kicks off in Episode 7. Episode 15 and Episode 16 are about Rama and Laxman’s encounter with Vishwamitra

A flashback to Dasharath’s past is in Episode 24.

Ram, Laxman, and Sita begin their exile in Episode 30 and continue it in Episode 41 and Episode 64

They encounter Shoorpanakha in Episode 78.

In Episode 118, Ram and Laxman learned more about Sugriva and Vali’s rivalry before finally meeting Hanuman and ensuring Sugriva’s victory in Episode 125. Hanuman met Sampati in Episode 132, crossed an ocean in Episode 142, infiltrated Lanka in Episode 156 and burned it down in Episode 168. In Episode 190, we saw him return.

Vali was the character of the Week in Episode 21. And Jambavan in Episode 2. Jatayu and Sampati's story is in Episode 11

Episode 101 explained how Ravana abducted Sita, and in Episode 112 Ram and Laxman began their search.

We have also covered episodes that aren’t part of the main storyline but feature some central Ramayana characters:

Hanuman’s origin story is in Episode 25

Episode 55 is about an encounter between Shani and Ravana.

Episode 81 is the origin story of Ravana and Shoorpanakha.

And Episode 92 is the story of Ram and Laxman’s sister – Shanta.

We met Jayant - Indra’s son in Episode 182 and Kakbhushundi in Episode 185.

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Chandrakanta’s story continues with a new Aiyyar, a prison that’s more like a vacation spot, and also featuring a nepo-baby plotting assassination

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An 18th-century story about how a woman with just a pestle(Onake) defended Chitradurga from invading soldiers! Also featuring: a slightly modified version of Whack-a-mole!

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#sfipodcast #Chitradurga #Onake #Obavva #OnakeObavva #HyderAli #MadakariNayaka #IndianHistory #Karnataka #HistoryOfIndia #HistoryOfKarnataka #Mysore #KarnatakaHistory #Mysuru

This story is a folk tale from Odisha set in the village of Sakshigopala about true love, a broken promise, and Lord Vishnu himself as a witness but under a specific Orpheus-like condition

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#sfipodcast #Odisha #Sakshigopala #Sakshigopal #Vishnu #LordVishnu #Orpheus #Puri #Jagannath #Gopinath #FolkTalesOfIndia #IndianFolkTales #OdishaFolkTales #FolkTalesOfOdisha #Bhubaneswar

A Mahabharata story about Dronacharya and Drupad, about how refusing to acknowledge a decades long friendship can lead to a decades long grudge, and humiliation

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Previous Mahabharata episodes are here

#sfipodcast #Mahabharata #Mahabharat #Dronacharya #Drona #Drupad #Arjun #Arjuna #Pandava #Kaurav #Duryodhan

A Hitopadesha story featuring a vulture, a cat and a day care for little birds that pays a very heavy price for not investing enough in the interview process

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#sfipodcast #Hitopadesha #Hitopadesh #FolkTalesOfIndia #IndianFolkTales #FolkTales #FolkTale #Panchatantra

Origin stories of the #Brahmaputra river, featuring noble intentions to help millions, an accidentally mis-phrased wish, and a modern upgrade to wish fulfillment

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A story about the time Shiva got really angry with Parvati and cursed her to become a fisherwoman. And how Nandi helped bring her back to their home in Mount Kailas

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#sfipodcast #Shivaratri #Shiva #Parvati #Kailas #Nandi #MountKailas #Kailash #MountKailash

A couple of Jataka tales about a donkey - one about a Donkey who wants to sing, and another about a goat who just wants to get home!

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Previous Jataka tales we have covered:

Episode 79 – Jataka Tales – Mission Impossible

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