Devalok

Stories of the gods from Nepal and the diaspora

The same gods across a border or an ocean: Nepal's Tihar and Teej, the Thaipusam of Malaysia and Singapore, Sri Lanka's Kataragama, and the festivals Indians carried wherever they settled.

All kinds LegendsLocal storiesFolk talesFrom the epicsFestival stories
Told across IndiaFrom the Vedic hymnsNorth IndiaSouth IndiaEast IndiaWest IndiaNepal and beyond
The Hills on Idumban's Shoulders Legend · South India · Palani, Tamil Nadu; and the Tamil world, Batu Caves and SingaporeThe Hills on Idumban's Shoulders The Bhairab No One Lies To Local story · The Himalaya and Nepal · Kathmandu Durbar SquareThe Bhairab No One Lies To Sita Walks into the Fire From the epics · Sri Lanka · Lanka, after the warSita Walks into the Fire The Girl in the Millet Field Local story · South India · Vallimalai and Tiruttani, Tamil Nadu; Kataragama, Sri LankaThe Girl in the Millet Field The Four Faces at Ratchaprasong Folk tale · Southeast Asia · Ratchaprasong, Bangkok, ThailandThe Four Faces at Ratchaprasong 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 Arrow Agastya Gave From the epics · LankaThe Arrow Agastya Gave The Word on the Giant's Tongue From the epics · Told across India · Lanka and the HimalayaThe Word on the Giant's Tongue The Dragon of Enoshima Legend · Japan · Enoshima, Sagami Bay; and the Buddhist sutra that carried her thereThe Dragon of Enoshima The Two Sisters of the Sky Legend · Vedic, and Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh and NepalThe Two Sisters of the Sky The Pole and the Prisoner Festival story · North India and NepalThe Pole and the Prisoner The Day Death Came to Dinner Festival story · Told across India and NepalThe Day Death Came to Dinner The Wind and the Serpent Local story · South India and Sri LankaThe Wind and the Serpent 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 The Child from the River Folk tale · Sindh, and Sindhi homes everywhereThe Child from the River

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