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Ten days from mud to river.

From the original text · Art and music histories

The garbhagriha and the shikhara.

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A prison, a storm, a basket across the Yamuna.

From the original text · Bhagavata Purana

Learning sixty-four arts in sixty-four days.

From the original text · Bhagavata Purana

Do your work; do not cling to the fruit.

From the original text · Bhagavad Gita

Curiosity is good; listen when someone who loves you calls.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Mainaka, Surasa and Simhika on the way.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Even Shiva holds out a bowl.

From the original text · Shiva Purana

Kundagrama, and a kingdom that grew richer.

From the original text · Kalpa Sutra

A year of standing, vines around his legs.

From the original text · Trishashti-shalaka-purusha-charitra

A king who chose the wheel over the sword.

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A clerk in Madras and a letter to Cambridge.

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Leaving the road outside.

From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources

The naming day.

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Colours, sticks and laughter.

From the original text · Brahmavaivarta Purana

Was it a mango?

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Five hundred and sixty-five pieces.

From the original text · Biographies

A small boy, a big king, three steps.

From the original text · Bhagavata Purana

Twenty rupees spent on feeding the hungry.

From the original text · Janamsakhis of Guru Nanak

Torna, Raigad, and a mother's stories.

From the original text · Biographies

Charan sparsh: asking for a blessing with your whole body.

From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources

A rabbit sheltering under an elephant in a forest fire.

From the original text · Jain moral tales

A ring dropped from a branch.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

A snake calmed by kindness.

From the original text · Kalpa Sutra

A rocket on a bicycle.

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Yeh Dil Maange More: Kargil, 1999.

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Rama and Sita inside.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

A broken tusk for a pen.

From the original text · Shiva Purana

A horse who jumped a river.

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The boy who could not sit in class.

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A boy in Rameswaram.

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Mum's sister is Masi, Dad's sister is Foi, Mum's brother is Mama, Dad's brother is Kaka.

From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources

Bamboo and Krishna.

From the original text · Art and music histories

A brahmin's greeting under the Rishyamukha hill.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

If I have hurt you, I am sorry.

From the original text · Jain moral tales

The queen who rebuilt temples across India.

From the original text · Biographies

Mooshika.

From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources

Khoob ladi mardani.

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From Karnal to the stars.

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Yes. Two trees of light.

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Nandi at the door, the snake and the mouse who get along.

From the original text · Shiva Purana

A lamp in a clay pot, a circle around it.

From the original text · Devi Mahatmya (Durga Saptashati)

The Khalsa, the Zafarnama, and the Guru Granth as the last Guru.

From the original text · Sikh history

Nine nights in a circle.

From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources

A lamp, a song, a circle of light.

From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources

A mandir carved in India and built in England.

From the original text · Art and music histories

A boy who would not move until he was seen.

From the original text · Bhagavata Purana

Ganesha's favourite sweet.

From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources