Devalok

Stories of the gods from East India

Bengal, Odisha, Assam and the hills beyond: the country of the Goddess, where Durga comes home every autumn, Jagannath rides his chariot and Kali keeps the new-moon night of Diwali.

All kinds LegendsLocal storiesFolk talesFrom the epicsFestival stories
Told across IndiaFrom the Vedic hymnsNorth IndiaSouth IndiaEast IndiaWest IndiaNepal and beyond
The Sister Who Waited with a Lamp Festival story · Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat · and Bengal for Bhai PhontaThe Sister Who Waited with a Lamp The Bridegroom of Chaitra Folk tale · East India · the Rarh villages of West Bengal, Tarakeswar, and the Gajan grounds of BangladeshThe Bridegroom of Chaitra The Ledger Opened Before Ganesha Folk tale · East India and Bangladesh · the bazaars of Kolkata and DhakaThe Ledger Opened Before Ganesha The King Who Could Not Hold a Horse Sacrifice Local story · Bengal · Taherpur in Rajshahi, and Shobhabazar in KolkataThe King Who Could Not Hold a Horse Sacrifice The Boon Mahisha Asked For Legend · Told across India · and Kamarupa and Bengal for the demon at her feetThe Boon Mahisha Asked For The Riddle on the Swing Legend · Pragjyotisha in the east, Indraprastha, and Khatu in RajasthanThe Riddle on the Swing The Goddess in Every Direction Legend · East India · Bengal and Assam, the old Shakta PuranasThe Goddess in Every Direction The Hill of Ten Goddesses Local story · Northeast India · Nilachal hill, Guwahati, AssamThe Hill of Ten Goddesses The Sister at the Door Local story · Odisha · Puri, and Dwaraka in the tellingThe Sister at the Door The City on the End of the Plough Legend · North India · Hastinapura, on the GangaThe City on the End of the Plough The Ring and the Milkmaid Legend · East India · Puri, Chilika and KanchiThe Ring and the Milkmaid The Chariot That Waited for Salabega Local story · East India · PuriThe Chariot That Waited for Salabega The Blue God in the Forest Legend · East India · Puri and the forests of OdishaThe Blue God in the Forest The Princess Under the River From the epics · North India · Gangadvara and ManipuraThe Princess Under the River The Line Krishna Wrote Legend · East India · Vrindavan and PuriThe Line Krishna Wrote The Princess No Man Could Look At Legend · East India · Shambhala and SimhalaThe Princess No Man Could Look At Brahma Kneels Before the Buddha Folk tale · East India · Uruvela (Bodh Gaya), BiharBrahma Kneels Before the Buddha The Foot on Shiva's Chest Folk tale · East India · BengalThe Foot on Shiva's Chest The Boatman Who Washed His Feet From the epics · North India · Shringaverapura, on the GangaThe Boatman Who Washed His Feet The King and the Merchant Festival story · All India · and Bengal for the spring Durga PujaThe King and the Merchant The First Sound Festival story · North and East IndiaThe First Sound The Temple That Turned to the West Local story · East India · Deo, Aurangabad district, BiharThe Temple That Turned to the West Sita's Fast at Munger Local story · East India · Munger, BiharSita's Fast at Munger The Armour Karna Cut Away From the epics · Anga, the country of Bhagalpur and MungerThe Armour Karna Cut Away The Hundred and Eighth Lotus Legend · BengalThe Hundred and Eighth Lotus The Night Kali Was Called Legend · Bengal, Odisha and AssamThe Night Kali Was Called The Child with Six Mothers Legend · Told across India · the Ganga and the Tamil southThe Child with Six Mothers The Elder Sister Legend · Told across India; Odisha; Tamil NaduThe Elder Sister The Goddess of the Full Plate Local story · North India · Kashi (Varanasi), and BengalThe Goddess of the Full Plate The Fool Who Became Kalidasa Folk tale · Told across India · Benares, Ujjain and BengalThe Fool Who Became Kalidasa The Day of First Letters Festival story · Kerala and Bengal · Panachikkad, Thunchan Parambu, and the Saraswati Puja of the eastThe Day of First Letters The Light That Became a Woman Legend · Told across India · and BengalThe Light That Became a Woman Who Is Awake? Festival story · Eastern India · Bengal, Mithila, Odisha; MagadhaWho Is Awake? The Woman Lakshmi Visited Festival story · South India and Odisha · Varalakshmi Vratam; PuriThe Woman Lakshmi Visited The Frogs Who Sang for Rain Legend · Vedic, and AssamThe Frogs Who Sang for Rain Three Days of Rest for the Earth Festival story · Odisha, Assam and Tulu NaduThree Days of Rest for the Earth The Two Sisters of the Sky Legend · Vedic, and Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh and NepalThe Two Sisters of the Sky The Carpenter Behind the Door Local story · OdishaThe Carpenter Behind the Door The Pot That Never Emptied Festival story · Told across India; kept at Chhath in Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh and NepalThe Pot That Never Emptied Samba and the Sun Legend · Multan in the Punjab and Konark in OdishaSamba and the Sun

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