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Ganesha Circles the World
The people you love are your world.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
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Diwali Lamps for RamaWe light the way home for people we love.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
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On the very last step of the very last journey, he would not go in without his friend.
From the original text · Mahabharata
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A poor friend, a torn cloth, and a palace that opened.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
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On the mountain Mahendra, before the leap.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Ages 4-6+🐒🌱from$1.99 - Hanuman Carries the MountainComing soonSoonHanuman Carries the Mountain
When he could not find the herb, he brought the whole hill.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
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Parvati makes a boy from turmeric paste.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
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Shiva Drinks the PoisonThe halahala, the blue throat, the world saved.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
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Lakshmi Rises From the OceanThe churning, and a goddess on a lotus.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
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- Bhai Kanhaiya's Water BagComing soonSoonBhai Kanhaiya's Water Bag
Water for friend and foe on the field of Anandpur.
From the original text · Sikh history
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Everyone sits in one row, everyone eats the same.
From the original text · Sikh history
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One God, written as one word.
From the original text · Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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Tenali Rama and the Goddess KaliA laugh at a thousand faces and one mouth.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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Birbal Shortens the LineDraw a shorter line without touching it.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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Nasruddin Looks for His KeyUnder the streetlight, where it is brighter.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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A trader outwitted by his own house.
From the original text · Oral tradition
Ages 4-6+from$1.99 - KiranmalaComing soonSoonKiranmala
The girl who fetched the silver tree.
From the original text · Thakurmar Jhuli
Ages 4-6+from$1.99 - Paatti's Vadai and the CrowComing soonSoonPaatti's Vadai and the Crow
The song that dropped the vadai.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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- The LambikinComing soonSoonThe Lambikin
Lambikin, lambikin, I'll eat you!
From the original text · Oral tradition
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The sparrow's house of wax and the crow's house of dung.
From the original text · Oral tradition
Ages 0-3+from$1.99 - Jagannath's HandsComing soonSoonJagannath's Hands
Why the wooden god has short arms.
From the original text · Oral tradition
Ages 4-6+from$1.99 - Why Does Dadi Light a Diya?Coming soonSoonWhy Does Dadi Light a Diya?
What light means, and why families light a lamp at dusk.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Ages 0-3+from$1.99 - Why Do We Say Namaste?Coming soonSoonWhy Do We Say Namaste?
The divine in me bows to the divine in you.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Ages 0-3+from$1.99 - Why Does Mum Put a Tilak on Me?Coming soonSoonWhy Does Mum Put a Tilak on Me?
A mark between the eyebrows, and what it protects.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Ages 0-3+from$1.99 - Why Do I Have an Indian Name?Coming soonSoonWhy Do I Have an Indian Name?
A name that came from far away and fits just right.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Ages 0-3+from$1.99 - My Very Big Indian FamilyComing soonSoonMy Very Big Indian Family
The master map: who is who, and why it matters.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Ages 0-3+from$1.99 - Why Do We Light Diyas on Diwali?Coming soonSoonWhy Do We Light Diyas on Diwali?
Lamps for a homecoming.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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My First Indian WeddingThe master book: three days, a hundred cousins.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Ages 0-3+from$1.99- What Is Dharma?Coming soonSoonWhat Is Dharma?
Doing what is right for who you are; not a one-word translation.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Ages 4-6+from$1.99 - Why Is the Cow Special?Coming soonSoonWhy Is the Cow Special?
Gau mata.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Ages 0-3+from$1.99 - I'm British AND IndianComing soonSoonI'm British AND Indian
Both, all the way through.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Ages 0-3+from$1.99 - Dadi, Why Do We Light a Diya?Coming soonSoonDadi, Why Do We Light a Diya?
Maya is halfway through a block tower when Dadi calls: aarti time.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Ages 0-3+from$1.99 - Madhubani: Fish, Peacocks and Flat ColourComing soonSoonMadhubani: Fish, Peacocks and Flat Colour
Painting from the walls of Mithila.
From the original text · Art and music histories
Ages 4-6+from$1.99 - Rangoli: Colour on the DoorstepComing soonSoonRangoli: Colour on the Doorstep
Powder, flowers and a welcome.
From the original text · Art and music histories
Ages 4-6+from$1.99 - Mehndi: Leaves to LaceComing soonSoonMehndi: Leaves to Lace
How a plant becomes a pattern.
From the original text · Art and music histories
Ages 4-6+from$1.99 - Bharatanatyam: The Dance of ShivaComing soonSoonBharatanatyam: The Dance of Shiva
Hands that speak.
From the original text · Art and music histories
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A ladder of notes and a time of day.
From the original text · Art and music histories
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Ten days from mud to river.
From the original text · Art and music histories
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The garbhagriha and the shikhara.
From the original text · Art and music histories
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Krishna Is Born at MidnightA prison, a storm, a basket across the Yamuna.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
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Little Hanuman and the SunCuriosity is good; listen when someone who loves you calls.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Ages 0-3+🐒from$1.99- Hanuman Crosses the OceanComing soonSoonHanuman Crosses the Ocean
Mainaka, Surasa and Simhika on the way.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
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Even Shiva holds out a bowl.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
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Vardhamana Is BornKundagrama, and a kingdom that grew richer.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
Ages 4-6+from$1.99- The Brother Who Stood StillComing soonSoonThe Brother Who Stood Still
A year of standing, vines around his legs.
From the original text · Trishashti-shalaka-purusha-charitra
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Leaving the road outside.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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