King Satyavrata had lived a life of honesty and had ruled the kingdom fairly. One day, a thought crossed his mind that he wanted to attain heaven in his mortal form. He went to Brahmrishi Vasishtha and pleaded to do the rites. Brahmrishi Vasishtha refused as such a thing was against the laws of nature. King left the hermitage with a heavy heart and went to the sons of Brahmarshi Vasishtha, who in-turn cursed the king to become a chandal, Trishanku for going against the advice of his guru. Trisha...
Oct 12, 2022•3 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Rajarshi Kaushik Seeing the defeat of his soldiers at the hands of Nandini cow, Maharaja Kaushik understood that human powers would not be able to defeat Rishi Vasishtha and he decided to go to Bhagwaan Shankar's refuge to gain knowledge of divine weapons. After the penance of Shivji for many years, Shivji gave knowledge of divine weapons to Kaushik. On receiving this knowledge, sage Kaushik again reached the ashram of Vasishtha Rishi and attacked the ashram with his divine weapons. A calm-minde...
Oct 11, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Kaushik, son of Maharaja Gandhi once reached the ashram of Brahmarshi Vasistha along with his soldiers while hunting. Brahmarshi Vasistha gave proper hospitality to Maharaj Kaushik and duly fed him and his soldiers. When Maharaja Kaushik came to know that Sage Vashistha had a wishing Nandini cow, which made all this possible, he asked his soldiers to take that cow with them by force. But Kaushik and his soldiers could not do anything in front of the divine powers of Nandini and they had to give ...
Oct 10, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 30
When demon Jvarasur, who was born out of the sweat of Mahadev, started targeting kids and they all started falling sick, Devi Adishakti decided to get rid of him. Mahadev advised Devi Adishakti that Jvarasur’s existence is essential for the balance of the universe hence instead of killing him, she should maybe just suppress him. Following advice of Bhagwaan Shankar, Devi Adishakti appeared in the form of Mata Sheetala and controlled Jvarasur by making him her ride in the form of a donkey. Every ...
Oct 07, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 29
When Kamsa found out that the one to cause his death is already living in Vrindavan, he got restless and started thinking about the threat to his future and how to eliminate him, so he summoned gigantic Putna and ordered her to kill Krishna. Putna used illusion to transform herself into a beautiful maiden. She went to every home that had welcomed babies a few months before to offer her poisonous milk and because of which there was a huge cry in the village. Yashoda went out to investigate the sa...
Oct 06, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Ravana lost his sons, brothers and all the great ministers and now his wrath had no limit. Ravana, overpowered by animosity attacked the Vanar Sena and created an outcry among them. Ravana killed many monkeys by using the Tamas weapon. Sri Rama and Lakshmana saw monkeys being brutally injured and decided to face Ravana. Lakshmana attacked Ravana with his arrows and soon a fierce battle broke out between the two. Lakshmana killed Ravana's charioteer with his arrows and broke Ravana's bow. Vibhish...
Oct 05, 2022•7 min•Season 2Ep. 27
After Shri Ram and Lakshman regained consciousness, Sugriva ordered the Vanar Sena to set fire to the city of Lanka. Vanar Sena entered the city with torches in hand and started burning the city causing panic among the Rakshasas. An Angry Ravana sent an army under the leadership of Kumbhakarna's sons Kumbh and Nikumbha to fight Sugriva’s army. As soon as the war started, Mahabali Angad killed the asura named Kampan with a rock. Seeing this, Kumbh started to rain arrows on the Vanar Sena. Dwivida...
Oct 03, 2022•3 min•Season 2Ep. 26
अतिकाया Atikaya, the son of Ravana's wife Dhanyamalini धन्यमलिनी, was blessed by Brahmadev that he would not be killed by the gods or demons. Atikaya was filled with rage and entered the battlefield riding on his chariot. The sound of his bow caused an uproar all around. कुमुद, द्विविदा, मैंदा, नील और शरभ Kumud, Dwivida, Mainda, Nila and Sharabha simultaneously struck him with trees and rocks, which were easily destroyed by Atikaya. He attacked whoever came in front of him and made his way to Sh...
Oct 03, 2022•3 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Trishira was furious due to the death of Devantak and showered arrows on Nila. Nila increased his size and faced those arrows with great valor. Once the arrows stopped raining, he threw a huge rock towards Mahodar and his elephant Sudarshan and destroyed them. Trishira then started to attack Hanuman ji with his arrows. Hanuman ji got angry and killed the horses of Trishira's chariot. Hanuman ji was attacked by Trishira with a spear which was caught and broken by Hanuman ji by placing it on his t...
Oct 02, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 24
After the demise of Narantaka, his brothers; Devantaka, Trishira and uncle Mahodar together attacked Angad together. With the help of rocks and trees, Angad started to attack them. But all his attacks were in vain and the asuras attacked Angad with their wooden hammer and arrows. Hanuman ji and Neel rushed to Angad’s aid. Neel threw a big rock at Trishira which was broken into pieces with arrows. Devantak took the hammer and proceeded towards the son of the wind god. Seeing him coming towards hi...
Oct 02, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 23
When Kumbhkaran was killed by the hands of Shri Ram on the battlefield, Ravana sent his sons Atikaya, Trishira, Devantaka and Narantaka in the company of his own brothers- Mahodar and Mahaparshva. Narantaka, who was riding a white horse, created an outcry in the Vanar Sena with his spear. Seeing this, Sugriva sent Angad to confront Narantaka. Angad came in front of Narantak and challenged him. Narantaka got angry and hit Angad's chest with his spear. Narantak's spear broke after colliding with A...
Sep 30, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 22
After Angad broke Meghnad’shis chariot and killed the charioteer and the horses, Meghnad became furious and turned became invisible. Due to the boon of Brahmadev, no one was able to see Meghnad. He had created an outcry in the Vanar Sena with his arrows and because of not being visible, no one was able to attack him. When Shri Ram and Lakshman ji came to face him, he attacked them with terrible arrows. When the arrows were released from Meghnad’s bow, they turned into a snake and entered the bod...
Sep 29, 2022•3 min•Season 2Ep. 21
After surrounding Lanka from all sides, Shri Ram sent Mahabali Angad as a messenger with the intention of giving Ravana another chance to rectify his mistake. Earlier, Hanumanji had displayed the power of the Vanar Sena to the Lanka army by setting fire to Lanka and now Angad too, reached Lanka with the aim of doing something similar. In the court of Ravana, Angad asked Rakshasaraj to return Sita Mata and make a peaceful pact with Shri Ram. Angad praised the mighty Shri Ram and suggested Ravana ...
Sep 28, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 20
The news of the Vanar Sena successfully crossing the sea fell oin the ears of Ravana. Worried, Lankapati sent two of his spies, Shuka and Saran, to estimate the strength of Shri Ram's army. Both the spies disguised themselves as monkeys and joined the army. Vibhishana, who had joined Shri Ram’s army, caught them and presented them to Shri Ram. Instead of punishing the two spies, Shri Ram asked them to give his message to Ravana. Shri Ram said, "Go tell your King, Dashanan that Raghav along with ...
Sep 27, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 19
According to the version of Ramayana prevalent in the Bengal region, Bhagwan Ram performed Shakti Puja in order to win the battle against Ravana. For the purpose of worshipping Devi Adishakti, 108 blue lotus flowers were collected. At the end of the puja, when Shri Ram was about to offer the 108th blue lotus flower to Devi Shakti, he realised that there were only 107 flowers. Shriram was very upset and did not want his worship to remain incomplete, as it would have been inauspicious. He thought ...
Sep 26, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Once during Devasur sangram between Indra and Vritrasur; after the death of Vritra many Asurs hid inside the ocean in order to save themselves from Gods. All the Gods lead by Indra approached Agastya rishi and asked for his help. The great rishi using his ascetic powers drank up the entire ocean thus revealing the demons. After the demons were killed by the Gods, they requested Agastya rishi to fill the ocean again; he then urinated the entire water to fill up the oceans. Learn more about your a...
Sep 23, 2022•1 min•Season 2Ep. 17
On his journey to the south the great sage Agastya carried with him a pot filled with water from divine river Ganga. Bhagwaan Ganesh appeared in the form of a crow and caused a hole in the pot thus releasing the holy water from Agastya rishi’s kamandalu. This stream followed rishi Agastya on his journey south and became the river Kaveri. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 22, 2022•1 min•Season 2Ep. 16
During Bhagwaan Shankar’s marriage to Devi Parvati, all the Gods and great sages went to Himalaya to attend the wedding. This caused an imbalance of powers on earth. Earth requested Mahadev to offer a solution to this problem. In order to restore the balance of power on earth Shivaji asked rishi Agastya to go south and stay there so that with his presence in the south the balance of power on earth can be restored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 21, 2022•1 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Ilvala and Vatapi were two demons who had the knowledge of Mrita-Sanjeevani. They used this gift to trap and kill rich travelers in order to steal their wealth. Vatapi will transform himself into food, who Ilvala will feed to unsuspecting travelers. After they had eaten Ilvala will call out his brother who will burst out of the stomachs of their guests. Rishi Agastya visited Ilvala and Vatapi, who tried to use this same trick on him. The great rishi was aware of this so as soon as Agastya muni h...
Sep 20, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Agastya rishi was the son of twin Gods Mitra-Varun and apsara Urvashi. Once Rishi Agastya decided to marry and raise a child and approached the king of Kanyakubja to ask for the hand of his daughter in marriage. King of Kanyakubja was afraid of the great rishi’s powers and could not refuse. He got his beautiful daughter Lopamudra married to the great sage. When rishi Agastya approached his wife, she refused his advances saying, first he should offer her a comfortable life deserving of a princess...
Sep 19, 2022•1 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Parshuram Kund Bhagwaan Parshuram beheaded his mother Renuka, up on being ordered such by his father Jamdagni rishi. Although when his father granted him a boon, he managed to restore his mother back to life; he was still filled with tremendous guilt. He tried to wash off the blood from his axe but he could not. He travelled everywhere and washed his axe in the water of many rivers and lakes, but the blood would not wash off. In the end he reached the banks of Lohit river in modern Arunachal Pra...
Sep 16, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Teacher of Bhagwaan Parshuram – Mahadev When Bhagwaan Parshuram wanted to learn divine weapons to become a warrior, he decided to approach the greatest warrior ever Bhagwaan Mahadev. He performed severe penance to Bhagwaan Shankar with the desire to learn from him. Pleased with Bhagwaan Parshuram’s great penance Shivaji taught him the knowledge of all the divine weapons and gifted him his divine bow and Vidyudabhi axe. Because of wielding this divine axe, he became known as Parshuram. Parshuram ...
Sep 15, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Karna was jealous of prince Arjuna’s skills and wanted to prove that he was better than him, so he sought the knowledge of Brahmastra from Dronacharya. When Dronacharya enquired about his motive, he honestly told him about his desire to defeat Arjuna. Upon hearing this Dronacharya refused to teach him Brahmastra. Thus, after being rejected by Guru Drona, he approached Bhagwaan Parshuram and told him that he is a Brahmin from the Bhargava clan and expressed his desire to learn from him. Bhagwaan ...
Sep 14, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Disciples of Bhagwaan Parshuram – Dronacharya After killing the ruling class for many generations, Bhagwaan Parshuram was stopped from fighting anymore by his grandfather Richik muni. He decided to donate the entire earth to worthy rishis and retire to Mahendra Mountain for long penance. When Drona heard that Bhagwaan Parshuram was donating all his possessions, he approached him. Bhagwaan Parshuram told Drona, that he has given away all his worldly possessions already. Only thing left with him w...
Sep 13, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Disciples of Bhagwaan Parshuram – Bhishma Pitamah After leaving Shantanu, Devi Ganga raised Devavrat like a prince he was and took him to Bhagwaan Parshuram to learn warcraft and weaponry. Bhagwaan Parshuram taught Devavrat everything he knew and granted knowledge of all the divine weapons he possessed. Devavrat as a good student learned everything his teacher taught him and became an expert warrior. When princess Amba was wronged by Bhishma, she approached Bhagwaan Parshuram to confront Bhishma...
Sep 12, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Ranjangaon Mahaganpati Ranjangaon Mahaganpati is the eighth Ganapati i.e. the eighth Ashtavinayak temple. Maha Ganapati Temple is also known as Tripurari Maha Ganapati. Shiva ji defeated the asura Tripurasura only after worshiping Ganesha. That's why his form enshrined in the temple is equipped with weapons. In this idol, Mahaganpati ji is shown with eight, ten or twelve arms. According to mythology, at the time of killing Tripurasura, according to the instruction of Naradji, Mahadev worshiped V...
Sep 09, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 7
The fifth Ganesha in Ashtavinayak is Chintamani Ganapati. Here Ganesha is popularly known as 'Chintamani', which means "this Ganesha takes away all worries and gives peace to the mind". According to beliefs, King Abhijit and Queen Gunavati had a son named Ganasur. He harassed the poors and disturbed the penance of the sadhus. Ganasur once went on a hunt with his friends. Kapil Rishi had an ashram in that forest. The sage welcomed Gana and invited him and his friends for a meal. Dev Indra had giv...
Sep 08, 2022•3 min•Season 2Ep. 5
The sixth Ganesha temple in the Ashtavinayaka is Girjatmaja Ganapati, situated on the Lenyadri mountain. Girjatmaj means Girija i.e. Ganesha, son of Maa Parvati. It is believed that Parvati did penance at the place where Ganesha is seated. The name Girjatmaj was coined as Ganesha is Girja Ka (Parvati's) Atmaja (son) i.e. Girjatmaj. Of the 18 caves on the Lenyadri mountain, the 8th cave houses the Girijatmaj Vinayak Temple. These caves are called Ganesh caves. This is the only temple where Shri G...
Sep 08, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 6
The Varad Vinayak temple located at Mahad in Kolhapur district is considered to be the fourth of the Ashtavinayaks. Varad Vinayak is the form of Ganesha who fulfills the wishes of devotees and whose fasting according to the rules fulfills all the wishes. Varad Vinayak Chaturthi or Vainayaki Chaturthi fasting is observed at midday on the Chaturthi of Shukla Paksha every month. According to mythological legends, the prince of Kaundinya kingdom, Rukmanagad once reached the hermitage of sage Vachkan...
Sep 07, 2022•3 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Located in the Raigarh district of Maharashtra, Ballaleshwar is considered to be the third among the Ashtavinayaka. The shape of this temple is in the shape of "Shri", with big ponds on both sides. According to mythology, there lived a Seth couple named Kalyan and Indumati in the village of Pali. Their only sonBallal was a great devotee of Bhagwan Ganesha. Seth was not happy with his devotion, because his son, engrossed in devotion, did not take any special interest in business. Once Kalyan Seth...
Sep 06, 2022•3 min•Season 2Ep. 3
