EEpics Lusariha and RamaNovember 25, 2018No comments In the Mizo tradition, Lusariha or Ravana has seven heads. He is invincible because of a boon from… Read More
EEpics Rama and KhenaNovember 18, 2018No comments The brothers Rama and Khena (Lakshmana) were twins in their mother’s womb. But even before they could come… Read More
MMyth Horse headed VishnuOctober 30, 2018No comments After a nearly 10,000-year gruelling battle with the demons Madhu and Kaitabha, Vishnu was exhausted. He could not… Read More
LLegend Alli and NeenmuganOctober 22, 2018No comments The legend of Alli is located in and around Madurai in Tamil Nadu. Alli was the child of… Read More
MMyth The king who became a womanOctober 8, 2018No comments In the Mahabharata, Yudhishthira asks Bhishma to tell him who gains greater pleasure from sex, man or woman?… Read More
FFolktale Madhava and SataSeptember 9, 2018No comments Among the many folk versions that the epic tale of Ramayana has spawned is a remarkable woman-centric ballad… Read More
MMyth Radha and GangaAugust 19, 2018No comments The ties between Ganga and Shiva are well established through a range of stories in the epics and… Read More
MMyth Bringing the ParijataAugust 4, 2018No comments It was during the churning of the ocean, during the Amrita Manthan, that the gods and asuras saw… Read More
FFolktale A tiger’s wifeJuly 11, 2018No comments A pregnant woman was down in the field one day looking for some fresh vegetables. She spotted a… Read More
FFolktale The origin of the GondhalMay 27, 2018No comments The Gondhalis, a community in Maharashtra that are designated dancers for weddings and other big rituals that are… Read More
