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In the Mahabharata we see plenty of upakathas or stories that are not directly relevant to the main story. One of these is the tale of Mudgala, who...

The Pandavas were spending their last year of exile, the Agyaathvaas, at Matsya, where King Virat ruled. His commander was a Suta named Keechaka. ...

In early Adi Parva, when the beginnings are being described we come across a story of Agni, the fire god himself being cursed. It happened in this ...

It is a common myth that Gandhari took away the cloth around her eyes and looked at Duryodhana calling upon her tapo-bal and made his body invincib...

During the Kurukshetra war, we see Karna describe to Shalya, his charioteer, how he got the Brahmastra from his Guru Parashurama. First, Karna lea...

Yudishtira’s Rajasuya was conducted grandly. Unimaginable riches came into Indraprastha. Powerful kings had to go back without entering the city be...

Earlier we saw a Nara Narayana story told by Parashurama to Duryodhana to stop him from going to war against Krishna-Arjuna. He recounted how powe...

By Bharathi Bharathi is a Chennai based writer and editor whose childhood passion for writing transformed into a career in this field. She is th...

By Bharathi Bharathi is a Chennai based writer and editor whose childhood passion for writing transformed into a career in this field. She is th...

By Bharathi Bharathi is a Chennai based writer and editor whose childhood passion for writing transformed into a career in this field. She is the ...

By Bharathi Bharathi is a Chennai based writer and editor whose childhood passion for writing transformed into a career in this field. She is th...

Satyaki is a very key warrior on the Pandava side. He is not just a relative of Krishna’s but also one of the most powerful Yadava chiefs, fully s...