Folktales For Kids

सर्वप्रथम श्री गणेश जी की पूजा: Our devotion gets redoubled when we find Ganapati available in the home or temple. We all have special and dedicated reverence towards Ganapati. The Hindu people across the world (specially India) do worship this omnipresent God first. Though the people of the world do worship this powerful elephant headed God first, very rare numbers of …

How Ganesha came to have Elephant Head: When the Gods lived on the earth, Lord Shiva – Mahadeva, the Lord of All, lived on the highest peak of the Himalayas. With him lived his wife, Goddess Parvati. They had no child. For thousands of years they lived there, looking down upon the entire world, which lay at their feet. But …

A Bribe: Once upon a time, in a village near the Banas River there lived side by side a Gurjar and a merchant family. Both were on friendly terms. While the Gurjar was poor but honest, the merchant was cunning and shrewd. Besides his grocery business, the merchant loaned his money on very high interest. A Bribe: Indian Folktale by …

A Ball for Ben Badger: Ben Badger came out of his tunnel and went across the grass to his favourite tree. There he began to sharpen his claws, up and down the trunk. Scratch, scratch, scratch, went Ben, making his claws sharper every minute. Suddenly, as he scratched, something fell plop, right on to his head. Now, Ben’s favourite tree …

The Doctor Who Did Not Cure: An old woman had lost her eyesight completely. So she went to a doctor to help her see again and made a bargain with him in the presence of a few witnesses. The bargain was that: if he could cure her, he would be paid handsomely. But if he couldn’t, she would not be …

कबीर की सीख: एक नगर में एक जुलाहा (Weaver) रहता था। वह स्वभाव से अत्यंत शांत, नम्र तथा वफादार था। उसे क्रोध तो कभी आता ही नहीं था। एक बार कुछ लड़कों को शरारत सूझी। वे सब उस जुलाहे के पास यह सोचकर पहुंचे कि देखें इसे गुस्सा कैसे नहीं आता? उन में एक लड़का धनवान माता-पिता का पुत्र था। …

Sant Kabir was born in 1398 AD in Banaras city (also known as Varanasi – city in Uttar Pradesh). His father Neeru was a Muslim and weaver by profession. Banaras being a Hindu place of pilgrimage was always thronged by Sadhus. Those Sadhus had a profound effect on the life of Kabir. While playing with companions in childhood, he would …

Kabir’s Ram: Sant Kabir Das Teachings & Belief – Kabir Das had faith in one God who is neither a man nor divine, neither a yogi nor a celibate. He has neither a mother nor a son. The extent of this type of god can not be known and he can not be con fined to a temple. He has …

Amazing adventures of Hanuman Page [1]: Once upon a time, long ago, there lived in India a monkey-boy called Hanuman. His father was Vayu, the god of the winds, and his mother was a monkey princess. Although he was only little, Hanuman had magic powers. He was also naughty. This is the story of some exciting adventures, which began in …

Bhima and Hanuman: The Pandavas and the Kauravas lived in peace for some time. But the Kauravas were still jealous of the Pandavas and wanted to grab the whole kingdom. They invited the Pandavas to a game of dice and the Pandavas accepted the invitation. Sakuni cheated the Pandavas by using a loaded dice. The Kauravas won the game. The …