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The Story of Great Monkey
The Himalayas are always known for their varieties of flora and fauna. Furthermore, the manifold varieties of flora are known not only for their riches for medicinal purposes but also for their flavour...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Nalanda > India
 

The Sacrifice of Vessantara
The lineage of the Sivis is best known for its charity and sacrifices in the Indian traditions since time immemorial. Once, the Bodhisatta was born as Vessantara...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Nalanda > India
 

The Story of Romaka Pigeon
Once the Bodhisatta was born as the king of the pigeons in a cave of the hills. His name was Romaka. Close to those hills there lived an ascetic...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Nalanda > India
 

The Story of a Tigeress
The Bodhisatta was born in a respectable family of the scholars; and mastered several Shastras. Soon he was disillusioned with the worldly life and renounced the same for the spiritual uplift...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Nalanda > India
 

The Heart of the Monkey
A crocodile also lived in the river with his wife. She was very dear to him. One day, the female crocodile expressed the desire to eat the heart of the monkey...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Nalanda > India
 

Matanga-The World's First Crusader of Untouchability
The Bodhisatta was born in a Chandala family by the name Matanga. Those days the caste-system was very rigid in ancient India...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Nalanda > India