Tag Archives: Devotional folktales for Students

Surdas and Sweeper: There once lived a seeker of God called Surdas. He was eager to study and understand Spirituality (knowledge about God). He approached a Guru and requested that the Guru teach him spiritual practice, so that he could get close to God. Surdas and Sweeper: Guru Shishya Story The Guru was well aware of Surdas’ defect of anger. …

परशुराम की रोचक कहानियाँ: परशुराम का जन्म त्रेता युग में रामायण काल में हुआ था। वह एक ब्राह्मण थे। उनको विष्णु का छठा अवतार भी कहा जाता है। भृगुश्रेष्ठ महर्षि जमदग्नि द्वारा पुत्र पुत्रेष्टि यज्ञ करने पर देवराज इंद्र ने पुत्र होने का वरदान दिया था। उसी के फलस्वरूप परशुराम ने अपनी माता रेणुका के गर्भ से वैशाख की शुक्ल …

रामायण के रचनाकार महर्षि वाल्मीकि का जन्मदिवस हर साल आश्विन मास की पूर्णिमा तिथि को मनाया जाता है। साल 2025 में वाल्मीकि जयंती 07 अक्टूबर दिन मंगलवार को मनाया जा रहा है। इस दिन शरद पूर्णिमा का त्योहार भी मनाया जाता है, जो देवी लक्ष्मी का भी प्राकट्य दिवस है। डाकू रत्नाकर कैसे बने रामायण के रचनाकार महर्षि वाल्मीकि महर्षि …

Guru Gobind Singh: The Birth – Guru Gobind Singh Ji, Tenth Guru and Last of the Sikhs guru was born to Guru Tegh Bahadur and Mata Gujari Ji on December 26, 1666, at Patna Sahib in Bihar. Though he came into the world that day, the story of his birth began much earlier. Much Before his mortal birth, when he …

Guru Gobind Singh: Uncommon Games and Related Stories – Prince Gobind Rai was hardly five when he started to get weapon training. He began to break pitchers of women carrying water with the aim of his catapult. The women whose pitchers were broken would complain to his revered mother. The mother used to by them brass utensils which would not …

Guru Gobind Singh: Defender of Faith – Of all the things, Guru Gobind Singh placed most reliance on religious faith. He taught his Sikhs and other people who met him, to face death and extermination in the cause of true faith. He told them to stand up and oppose the tyrants with all the might instead of bearing the tyranny. …

On November 11, 1675, Guru Tegh Bahadur was publicly beheaded in Chandni Chowk, New Delhi. After the execution his body was left in the open to serve as a reminder to all rebels. Only a low caste Lubana Sikh named Lakhi Shah had the courage to secretly take away the headless body in a cart to his hut, which was …

Guru Gobind Singh: Childhood of 10th Sikh Guru – The tenth Guru Spent his first five years in Patna itself and did his basic schooling there. Along with the religious scriptures, he also studied the Bihari language at Patna. His Uncle, Bhai Kripal, trained him in archery and swordsmanship and soon he became a great marksman. Guru Gobind Singh: Childhood 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 …

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 …