The Siddhivinayak temple located in Siddhatek is considered to be the second among the Ashtavinayaka. Bhagwan Ganesha is worshiped in his most prominent form with his wives Riddhi and Siddhi. The temple was built under Ahilyabai Holkar, the great queen of the Peshwa Empire. According to mythological beliefs, when Brahma was engrossed in the task of creating the universe, two demons, Madhu and Kaitabh, born from the ear of Bhagwan Vishnu, stole the Vedas to obstruct this task. Then Brahmaji came ...
Sep 05, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 2
The Morgaon Ganpati temple is located near Pune city and is considered to be the first among the Ashtavinayaka. The idol of Dev Ganesha mounted on a peacock bird is worshipped. According to the beliefs in the Ganesh Purana, Mithila King Chakrapani and his wife Ugra, worshiped Surya Dev for a child and they got a brilliant son who they named Sindhu. Sindhu was born with a nectar urn with him, due to which Sindhu's death was impossible as long as that urn remained intact. In order to keep the Kala...
Sep 02, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 1
The Gajanan disguise performed on the day of Snana Purnima is an example of Bhagwan Jagannath's love for his devotees. Many years ago, there was a Ganesh devotee named Ganapati Bhatt in the state of Maharashtra. This devotee used to deny the existence of any other deity as for him, Shri Ganesh was the embodiment of Param Brahma. Once a friend of his who had returned from Puri narrated the glory of Bhagwan Jagannath to him and advised him to go to Puri once. But Ganapati was adamant and ridiculed...
Jul 01, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 50
There are many incredible stories associated with the Sri Jagannath Temple of Puri. It is believed that the Patit Pavan flag of the temple always flutters in the opposite direction of the wind. The shadow of the main dome of the temple is not visible anywhere at any time of the day. Being situated on the sea shore, it is very common to hear the sound of the sea only when devotees and visitors are outside the temple. The sound of the sea is not audible as one steps inside the main entrance of the...
Jun 27, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Out of the four Dhams, the place where Lord Vishnu eats is the temple of Puri Jagannath. That is why food is of utmost importance in this temple, that is why it is not called Prasad but Mahaprasad. The kitchen of this temple was once considered to be the world's largest kitchen, this entire temple kitchen still serves food daily to over one lakh devotees. Fifty-six favorite dishes of Bhagwan Vishnu are cooked here in earthen pots which are placed one on top of the other. The most surprising thin...
Jun 27, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 47
This is probably the most mysterious method performed in any Hindu temple in the world. The last rites of wooden idols of Bhagwan Jagannath, Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra are performed every twelve to nineteen years. After this, the soul of the deities resides in the newly made idols. This way the body or Brahma Padard of Shri Krishna, which has been residing for hundreds of years inside the idol of Bhagwan Jagannath, is installed from the old to the new idols. This process is called Brahma-Pariv...
Jun 27, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Bhagwan Jagannath, known for his human nature, falls ill like any ordinary human being and is also treated. Every year on Jyeshtha Purnima, Bhagwan Jagannath, Bhagwan Balabhadra, Goddess Subhadra and Sudarshan ji are bathed with water of one hundred and eight pots and then adorned in the guise of Gajanan. This festival is called Devasnana Purnima and it is believed that after bathing with so much water, all the four Gods get fever. They are then treated by royal doctors for the next fifteen days...
Jun 27, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Bhushundi was born in Ayodhya and was a staunch devotee of Shri Ram. He was so devoted to Bhagwaan Ram that he did not want to know about anything else in life. He went to study under Lomash rishi and kept interrupting him because he only wanted to talk about Shri Ram. Lomash rishi tried to avoid his interruption for some time but in the end, he lost his cool. Out of anger he said,” you are too rigid and refuse to listen to all the knowledge and wisdom I have to offer. You keep behaving like a c...
Jun 24, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Jayanta is son of Devraj Indra. Once he had doubts over the divine nature of Shri Ram and in order to test Him, he disguised himself in the form of a crow and attacked Sita mata, when they were living in Chitrakuta during their exile. When Shri Ram saw Sitaji’s blood, he got enraged, picked a blade of grass and unleashed Brahmastra out of it on Jayant disguised as a crow. Jayant ran towards all the Gods, including his father requesting them to rescue Him from the Brahmastra but none of them coul...
Jun 23, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Ambarisha was the son of King Mandhata and brother of Muchukund. He was an ancestor of Shri Ram. He was a great devotee of Bhagwaan Vishnu and Narayan had given him his Sudarshan Chakra for his devotion, which he worshipped with great devotion. Ambarisha started the Ekadashi (11th day of fortnight) fast, which is observed for Bhagwaan Vishnu and the fast is broken at the start of Dvadashi (12th day of fortnight). Once sage Durvasa was visiting. It was time for Ambarisha to break his fast and ris...
Jun 22, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Jarasandh attacked Shri Krishna seventeen times but was unable to defeat him, so he sought help from Kalayavan. Kalayavan had a boon from Bhagwaan Shankar that he cannot be defeated in battle. Kalayavan came for Jarasandh’s aid and attacked Shri Krishna. Shri Krishna looked at Kalayavan and his massive army of three million soldiers and ran away. Kalayavan chased Shri Krishna and followed him inside the cave where Muchukund was sleeping his undisturbed sleep since ages. In the dark of the cave K...
Jun 21, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Muchukund was the son of King Mandhata of Ikshvaku dynasty, an ancestor of Shri Ram. Once, in battle, Asuras defeated Devtas so Indra came to Muchukund to seek his help. Indra requested Muchukunda to fight for Devtas as their commander. Muchukunda accepted Indra’s request and fought a very long battle against Asuras alongside Devtas. In the end Indra asked Muchukund what he wanted in return of his help. Muchukund was sleep deprived and very tired because of the hard-fought battle so he says that...
Jun 20, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 41
After being appointed Indra, king Nahush became arrogant and started treating everyone with disrespect. He even wanted to marry Indrani, Shachi. Shachi had a plan in mind. She pretended to accept his proposal however asked him to arrive at the wedding ceremony on a palanquin carried by the greatest sages of our time. Nahush agreed to this condition. On the way to wedding ceremony, he started getting restless and kept asking the rishis to move faster, telling them, “sarp, sarp.” This finally enra...
Jun 16, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Nahush was grandson of Pururava and born after his father King Ayu performed great penance to Bhagwaan Dattatreya. He was kidnapped by demon Hunda as a toddler because of a prophecy that he will kill Hunda and marry Ashokasundari, the daughter of Bhagwaan Shankar and Mata Parvati, whom Hunda had kidnapped and wanted to marry. He was rescued by Hunda’s housemaid and left in care of guru Vashishtha. The great rishi raised the boy and made him expert in dharma, vedas and weaponry. When the boy grew...
Jun 15, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Once Bhagwaan Shankar and Mata Parvati were roaming in the gardens of mount Meru and they stopped near the wish fulfilling tree Kalpavriksha. Parvati ji expressed the desire to have a daughter who can give her company and the tree granted her wish by giving her a daughter, who is known by the name Ashoksundari, because she was a beautiful girl (sundari) born to relieve Mata Parvati of her sorrow cause by loneliness (Ashoka). She later married Pururava’s grandson Chandravanshi king Nahush and was...
Jun 14, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Nara-Narayana were twin incarnation of Bhagwaan Vishnu. Shri Krishna and Arjuna are said to be incarnations of Narayana and Nara respectively, that is the reason they were inseparable and invincible when together. Once Nara-Narayana performed a great penance at Badrikashram. This made Indra insecure so he sent a few Apsaras to disturb their devotion. Observing this behaviour from Indra Narayana took a flower and placed it on his thigh to create the most beautiful nymph whose beauty far exceeded ...
Jun 13, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Once Chandra fell in love with the wife of Devguru Brihaspati, Tara. Their attraction was mutual and they eloped from the hermitage of Devguru. All the Gods sided with their guru, while demons took Chandra’s side; resulting into a massive battle between Gods and Demons, known as Tarkamyam Devasur Sangram. When Brahmadev realised that this battle threatened the existence of his beautiful creation, he mediated between the two sides and asked Tara to return to her husband. Some time later Tara gave...
Jun 10, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Ila: The First Born of Vaivaswat Manu When Vaivaswat Manu did not have any children after many years of marriage, he decided to consult Vashishth muni. Manu along with his wife Shraddha conducted a yajna to please twin Gods Mitra-Varun. At the end of the yajna they had a daughter, whom they named Ila, since Shraddha secretly wished for a daughter. However, Manu wanted a son and he requested Vashishth rishi to do something about it. Vashishth muni turned Ila into a man upon insistence from her fa...
Jun 09, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 34
One of the mind-born sons of Brahmadev was Marichi rishi. Marichi rishi’s son was Kashyap rishi. Kashyap rishi and his wives were responsible for giving birth to many creations of the universe. Kashyap rishi’s wife Aditi was mother of Gods, her sons were also called Aditya. Devi Aditi prayed to the Sun God requesting her to be born as her son. Suryadev agreed and was born as Vivaswan. One of the sons of Vivaswan was Vaivaswat Manu. One of the sons of Vaivaswat Manu, Ikshvaku was the founder of T...
Jun 08, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 33
When Bhagwaan Shankar saw half burnt lifeless body of devi Sati, He was struck with extreme grief. He lifted the half-burnt body from yajna mandap and started roaming around all over the world carrying it with Him. To relieve Bhagwaan Mahadev from this extreme grief, Bhagwaan Vishnu cut the dead body into pieces using his Sudarshan Chakra. Different parts of her body fell at different locations on earth. These places where Sati’s body parts fell have been established as Shakti Peetha. Learn more...
Jun 07, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Shiva’s Wrath When Bhagwaan Shankar got to know about the events at Daksha yajna, he got extremely angry. In his extreme anger, he created Veerbhadra and Bhadrakali and ordered them to destroy Daksha yajna. No God or Rishi could do anything to stop Veerbhadra and Bhadrakali and they started running for shelter to save themselves. Eventually Veerbhadra cut the head of Daksha Prajapati. All the Gods and Goddesses started praying to Bhagwaan Shankar to stop Veerbhadra and Bhadrakali from causing fu...
Jun 06, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Daksh Prajapati organized a massive yajna and invited all the Gods and rishis except his daughter, Sati, and son-in-law Bhagwaan Shankar. When Sati found out about her father’s yajna, she wanted to go. Shivji advised her not to go since they were not invited, however Sati did not heed his advice. Daksh insulted Sati for joining the yajna without an invitation. He also used unsavoury language for his son-in-law, Bhagwaan Shankar. Devi Sati could not tolerate this insult of her husband by her very...
Jun 02, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Daksha Curses Moon The 27 daughters of Daksh Prajapati were married to Chandra. Chandra was more devoted towards Rohini and ignored his other 26 wives. When Daksh found out about this, he was enraged and cursed Chandra to gradually fade away. Narad muni advised Chandra to seek help from Bhagwaan Shankar, who promised to help Chandra. Daksh Prajapati did not like this intervention from Shiva ji and this became one of the reasons behind his dislike for Bhagwaan Shankar. Learn more about your ad ch...
Jun 01, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 28
After all his sons were convinced by Narad muni to follow the path of devotion and not get into the task of procreation, Daksh produced multiple daughters through his wives Prashuti and Panchajani. 27 daughters of Daksh were married to Chandra, who all became 27 nakshatra. 13 daughters were married to Kashyap rishi, who became responsible for giving birth to many life forms. 10 daughters were married to Dharma. Brigu rishi’s wife Khyati, Marichi rishi’s wife Sambhuti, Angira rishi’s wife Smriti,...
May 31, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Daksh Prajapati Curses Narad Muni Daksh Prajapati as ordered by Brahmadev to accelerate the creation of life in the universe created by Him, ordered his many sons to go on and create more life. However, Naradji met those sons of Daksha and convinced them to follow the path of asceticism. This interference from Narad muni angered Daksha, however he calmed his anger and produced more sons, and asked them to spread life in the world. Naradji intervened again and managed to sway even these sons of D...
May 30, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Priyavrat was the elder son of Swayambhuv Manu. When Priyavrat realised that the Sun can light up only half of the world and the other half always remains dark, he decided to create another Sun. In order to do that he circumnavigated the earth seven times on a gigantic chariot. It is from the wheels of that chariot that the seven oceans were created and the world got divided into seven continents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 27, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Manu and Satrupa To spread the creation further Brahmadev created the couple Manu and Satrupa. Manu and Satrupa had five children. Two sons Priyavrat and Uttanpad; three daughters Aakuti, Devhuti and Prasuti. Aakuti got married to Ruchi Prajapati, Devhuti to Kardam ji and Prasuti got married to Daksh Prajapati. Progenies of these daughters took over the task of populating the universe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 26, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 25
When the four Kumars refused to follow the instructions of Brahmadev, he got very angry. When he tried to suppress that anger, his head created a red and blue baby, who was personification of anger itself. Brahmaji told the kid that the world will know him as Rudra and that he has created heart, senses, soul, sky, air, fire, water, earth, sun and moon for him to live. Dhee, Vritti, Ushna, Uma, Niyut, Sarpi, Ila, Ambika, Iravati, Sudha and Deeksha, these eleven Rudranis will be your wives, said B...
May 24, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Dadhichi’s Sacrifice Rishi Atharvan was one of Brahma’s mind-born sons. He was married to Chitti, the daughter of Kardam rishi. Their son was Maharshi Dadhichi, who was a great devotee of Bhagwaan Shankar. He was the first to leave the Daksha yajna, when he found out that Bhagwaan Shankar was not invited. When Vritra was tormenting devlok, Indra and the other Gods approached Bhagwaan Vishnu for guidance. Vishnu Bhagwaan advised Indra that a weapon made out of the bones of Maharshi Dadhichi was t...
May 20, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Bhrigu’s Kick Once many great sages were conducting an important yagya at Mandarachal mountain. The sages were arguing about which of the three Gods should be the presiding deity of that yagya. When they could not arrive at a conclusion, they all gave the task to sage Bhrigu to test the three Gods and decide who the presiding deity of the yajna should be. In order to test the three Gods, Bhrigu rishi first went to Kailash, the abode of Bhagwaan Shankar. Shivji was spending time with His wife Sat...
May 19, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 19
