बीकानेर की वीरांगना: अपने सतीत्व और पतिव्रता – धर्म की रक्षा करना ही भारतीय स्त्रियों के जीवन का एक अनुपम और पवित्र आदर्श रहा है। उनके सतीत्व के वज्राघात से बड़े-बड़े साम्राज्यों की नींव हिल उठी, राजमुकुट धूलि में लोटने लगे, मानव – वेषधारी दानवों की दानवता और व्यभिचारमूल्क अत्याचार का अन्त हो गया। किरण देवी या राजरानी किरण देवी …
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शिलाद पत्नी दुर्गावती: ‘हम लोगों ने खुन की नदी बहा दी थी, महाराज!’ खिन्न सैनिक ने कहा। ‘पर महाराज को बहादुरशाह के क्रूर सैनिकों ने बंदी बना लिया।’ सैनिक ने सिर निचा कर लिया। ‘बहादुरशाह तो हुमायूँ का एक छोटा सरदार है’ राय ने दुर्ग की अधिपति शिलाद के छोटे भाई लक्ष्मण ने रोष के साथ उत्तर दिया। ‘यदि स्वयं …
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बुद्ध भगवान का बचपन का नाम सिद्धार्थ कुमार है। महाराज शुद्धोदन ने उनके लिए एक अलग बहुत बड़ा बगीचा लगवा दिया था। उसी बगीचे में वे एक दिन टहल रहे थे। इतने में आकाश से हंस पक्षी चीखता हुआ गिर पड़ा। राजकुमार सिद्धार्थ ने दौड़कर उस पक्षी को लिया। किसी ने हंस को बाण मारा था। वह बाण अब भी …
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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. The Guru was well aware of Surdas’ defect of anger. He knew that this would prevent Surdas from feeling …
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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 break …
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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. When Guru Tegh Bahadur returned …
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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 …
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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. …
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Satrajit, a nobleman of Dwarka, was a devotee of Surya, the Sun God. Surya being pleased with Satrajit’s devotion appeared before him and gifted him the Syamantaka gem. The Syamantaka gem’s specialty was that it could magically produce eight measures of gold a day. Satrajit became a really wealthy man. Krishna then approached Satrajit and told him that he should …
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King Shibi was a great ruler. Everything he did was right and noble. He was very kind-hearted. He loved his subjects like his children. He loved animals too and looked after their welfare. He was very charitable and no needy man went away from him without help. He protected the weak against the strong. If anybody sought asylum with him, …
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