Devalok

From the epics of the Indian gods

Episodes from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, and from the Harivamsha that follows them: the stories of Rama, Sita, Krishna, Arjuna and the gods who step into their lives. Each page names the book and chapter it is retold from.

All kinds LegendsLocal storiesFolk talesFrom the epicsFestival stories
Told across IndiaFrom the Vedic hymnsNorth IndiaSouth IndiaEast IndiaWest IndiaNepal and beyond
The Payasam from the Fire From the epics · North India · Ayodhya, and all India for Rama NavamiThe Payasam from the Fire The Chariot from Raivataka From the epics · Western India · Dwaraka and Raivataka hillThe Chariot from Raivataka The Child Born Still From the epics · North India · Kurukshetra and HastinapuraThe Child Born Still The Brother Who Would Not Take a Side From the epics · North India · Kurukshetra and the SarasvatiThe Brother Who Would Not Take a Side Sita Goes Home to the Earth From the epics · North India · Ayodhya and Valmiki's hermitageSita Goes Home to the Earth Sita Walks into the Fire From the epics · Sri Lanka · Lanka, after the warSita Walks into the Fire The Girl in the Furrow From the epics · North India · Mithila and ChitrakutaThe Girl in the Furrow The Weight of One Arm From the epics · Pan-India · heaven and the world of the nagasThe Weight of One Arm The Bird Who Carried the Branch From the epics · Pan-India · from the sea to heavenThe Bird Who Carried the Branch The Princess Under the River From the epics · North India · Gangadvara and ManipuraThe Princess Under the River The Boy Who Stopped the Fire From the epics · North India · HastinapuraThe Boy Who Stopped the Fire The Worm and the Sleeping Guru From the epics · Pan-India · Mount MahendraThe Worm and the Sleeping Guru The Thousand-Armed King From the epics · Pan-India · Mahishmati on the Narmada; Samantapanchaka (Kurukshetra); Mount MahendraThe Thousand-Armed King The Axe and the Mother From the epics · Pan-India · the hermitage of JamadagniThe Axe and the Mother The Tail Across the Path From the epics · Himalaya · Gandhamadana, the MahabharataThe Tail Across the Path The Mountain He Carried From the epics · Pan-Indian · Lanka and the HimalayaThe Mountain He Carried The Leap to Lanka From the epics · Pan-Indian · the southern sea and LankaThe Leap to Lanka The Boatman Who Washed His Feet From the epics · North India · Shringaverapura, on the GangaThe Boatman Who Washed His Feet The Bow No King Could Lift From the epics · North India · Mithila (Janakpur)The Bow No King Could Lift The Arrow from Behind the Tree From the epics · All India · and Maharashtra for Gudi PadwaThe Arrow from Behind the Tree The Armour Karna Cut Away From the epics · Anga, the country of Bhagalpur and MungerThe Armour Karna Cut Away The Bed of Arrows From the epics · KurukshetraThe Bed of Arrows The Head That Watched the War From the epics · Kurukshetra, and Khatu in RajasthanThe Head That Watched the War The Bows in the Shami Tree From the epics · Matsya, the kingdom of VirataThe Bows in the Shami Tree The Arrow Agastya Gave From the epics · LankaThe Arrow Agastya Gave The Last Day of the Fourteen Years From the epics · Ayodhya and north IndiaThe Last Day of the Fourteen Years What Left Prahlada From the epics · Told across IndiaWhat Left Prahlada The Word on the Giant's Tongue From the epics · Told across India · Lanka and the HimalayaThe Word on the Giant's Tongue Where Shri Stays From the epics · Told across IndiaWhere Shri Stays The Vasu Who Stole the Cow From the epics · Told across IndiaThe Vasu Who Stole the Cow Kacha and Devayani From the epics · Told across IndiaKacha and Devayani Arjuna and the Gandharva at the Ford From the epics · Told across IndiaArjuna and the Gandharva at the Ford Ahalya and the Long Wait From the epics · Told across IndiaAhalya and the Long Wait The King Who Rode on Sages From the epics · Told across IndiaThe King Who Rode on Sages The Boy Who Kept the Vedas From the epics · Told across IndiaThe Boy Who Kept the Vedas The Questions at the Lake From the epics · Told across IndiaThe Questions at the Lake Savitri and the Lord of Death From the epics · Told across IndiaSavitri and the Lord of Death The Wind and the Silk-Cotton Tree From the epics · Told across IndiaThe Wind and the Silk-Cotton Tree The Hundred Daughters of Kushanabha From the epics · North India · KannaujThe Hundred Daughters of Kushanabha The Boy at the Bottom of the Well From the epics · Told across IndiaThe Boy at the Bottom of the Well The Sage Who Shone Like Fire From the epics · Told across India · the MahabharataThe Sage Who Shone Like Fire The City the Fire Guarded From the epics · Central India · Mahishmati on the NarmadaThe City the Fire Guarded The Name on Every Offering From the epics · Told across India · the MahabharataThe Name on Every Offering The Fire That Could Not Lie From the epics · Told across India · the MahabharataThe Fire That Could Not Lie The Hawk and the Dove From the epics · Told across India · the Mahabharata, and the Buddhist JatakaThe Hawk and the Dove Agni and the Khandava Forest From the epics · From the MahabharataAgni and the Khandava Forest

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