How did Karna get this name?
Last week, we saw that Kunti’s baby was found by the Anga Pradesh younger prince Adiratha and because he had golden earrings and armour, he was na...
Last week, we saw that Kunti’s baby was found by the Anga Pradesh younger prince Adiratha and because he had golden earrings and armour, he was na...
Karna’s kavach kundal are well known as he himself is. We know that they came to him from Surya dev. But do you know how Suryadev agreed to give th...
At Dyutasabha, Duryodhana bared his thigh and gestured to Draupadi to come sit in his lap. Bhima was furious at this and he vowed to break Duryodh...
The Pandavas stayed hidden after the Lakshagruha attempt to burn them and their mother to ashes. Later, after Arjun won Draupadi’s hand in swayamv...
In the last blog post, we saw that Rama’s story has been recounted twice in the Mahabharatha. But what of Krishna’s story? Krishna plays the crucia...
The Mahabharatha is a gigantic epic. We all know that. But did you know that it contains within itself the story of Rama, the Ramayana? That too, not once but twice?
One of the biggest misconceptions in the Mahabharatha is about Adiratha who adopted Karna. Many TV shows, books and lectures will tell you, WRONGLY...
From the Bhagavath Puran, we get lineages of many of the important royal families from the ancient times. One of the most significant lines is th...
Duryodhan demanded the throne of Hastinapur because he was the eldest son of the eldest son, Dhritarashtra. He argued that it was Dhritarashtra who...
Shikhandin was born a girl to Drupada and his Queen as per Mahadev’s boon. Drupada was so eager to have a son that he announced the birth of a pri...
The Pandavas were living hidden in Ekachakra after the death of Bakasrua at Bhima’s hands. One day, a Brahmana came there visiting and from him the...
Vidura, the wise and intelligent step brother of Dhritarashtra and Pandu, was born to a Sudra woman, princess Ambika’s maid. Ambika was so terrifi...