Ten days from mud to river.
From the original text · Art and music histories
Matching stories: 23
Ten days from mud to river.
From the original text · Art and music histories
A small boy, a big king, three steps.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
Charan sparsh: asking for a blessing with your whole body.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Valmiki Ramayana, Book II, all 119 sargas — a promise, an exile, and a kingdom that waits.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Book IV, all 67 sargas — a new friendship, a kingdom set right, and Hanuman remembers his own strength.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Nidhi chala sukhama: is wealth happiness?
From the original text · The saints' own songs

1564 · The regent of the Gond kingdom confronts the Mughal army led by Asaf Khan.
A sage asks the king for his two young sons, to guard a forest sacrifice, and teaches them everything.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
A king who lost everything to a game of dice, and a queen who never stopped looking for him.
From the original text · Mahabharata
Series Part 3 · Book 2 / 18
A gentle Panchatantra story for careful listening.
From the original text · Panchatantra
Looking for the bad and finding yourself.
From the original text · The saints' own songs
Walking to Pandharpur.
From the original text · The saints' own songs
Talking to Kali like a child.
From the original text · The saints' own songs
Who shaved the king?
From the original text · The saints' own songs
Paper, bamboo and manjha.
From the original text · Art and music histories
A king who climbed forts.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Pranam: making yourself small for a moment.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Looking inside.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Series Part 4 · Book 8 / 13
A gentle Panchatantra story for careful listening.
From the original text · Panchatantra
Thread, beads and a promise.
From the original text · Art and music histories
Flowers for King Mahabali.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Thanking the sun.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Rain stops, and a king of gods says sorry.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
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