Devalok

Stories of the gods from North India

Kashi and Ayodhya, Mathura and Vrindavan, Kurukshetra, the Himalaya and Kashmir: the Gangetic plain and the hills above it, where Rama came home, Krishna grew up and the Ganga came down into Shiva's hair.

All kinds LegendsLocal storiesFolk talesFrom the epicsFestival stories
Told across IndiaFrom the Vedic hymnsNorth IndiaSouth IndiaEast IndiaWest IndiaNepal and beyond
The Songs for Dulla Bhatti Folk tale · Punjab · the Lohri fire, and Pindi Bhattian and Lahore for the balladThe Songs for Dulla Bhatti The Linga of Ice Local story · Kashmir · the Amarnath cave, as the chronicles and the travellers saw itThe Linga of Ice The Shepherd and the Sack of Coal Local story · Kashmir · Batakote above Pahalgam, and the Amarnath caveThe Shepherd and the Sack of Coal The Sister Who Walked Her Brother Home Folk tale · North India · Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and the Hindi beltThe Sister Who Walked Her Brother Home The Spear His Mother Gave Legend · South India · Kailash to the Tamil shore, as the Tamil temples tell it; Tiruvannamalai, Nallur and the Thaipusam templesThe Spear His Mother Gave The Twelve Years Lakshmi Served Folk tale · North India · the Dhanteras vrat kathaThe Twelve Years Lakshmi Served The Physician Who Rose from the Sea Legend · Told across India · Kashi for the second birth, Kerala for the templesThe Physician Who Rose from the Sea The Vow Manu Made Legend · North India · Naimisharanya and AyodhyaThe Vow Manu Made The Payasam from the Fire From the epics · North India · Ayodhya, and all India for Rama NavamiThe Payasam from the Fire The Pebble the Myna Dropped Local story · Kashmir · the lake that became the valley, and Hari Parbat in SrinagarThe Pebble the Myna Dropped The Riddle on the Swing Legend · Pragjyotisha in the east, Indraprastha, and Khatu in RajasthanThe Riddle on the Swing The Goddess Who Rose from the Fire Legend · Told across India · the Himalaya and the city of the GoddessThe Goddess Who Rose from the Fire The Child Born Still From the epics · North India · Kurukshetra and HastinapuraThe Child Born Still The Demon in the Cowherds' Game Legend · North India · Braj, by the Bhandira figThe Demon in the Cowherds' Game The City on the End of the Plough Legend · North India · Hastinapura, on the GangaThe City on the End of the Plough The Brother Who Would Not Take a Side From the epics · North India · Kurukshetra and the SarasvatiThe Brother Who Would Not Take a Side The Bhairab No One Lies To Local story · The Himalaya and Nepal · Kathmandu Durbar SquareThe Bhairab No One Lies To The Kotwal of Kashi Local story · North India · Kashi (Varanasi), Uttar PradeshThe Kotwal of Kashi Sita Goes Home to the Earth From the epics · North India · Ayodhya and Valmiki's hermitageSita Goes Home to the Earth The Girl in the Furrow From the epics · North India · Mithila and ChitrakutaThe Girl in the Furrow The Questions Garuda Asked Legend · North India · VaikunthaThe Questions Garuda Asked 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 Messenger and the Bee Legend · North India · VrajaThe Messenger and the Bee The Girl Who Would Not Open Her Eyes Legend · North India · Raval and Barsana, BrajThe Girl Who Would Not Open Her Eyes The Line Krishna Wrote Legend · East India · Vrindavan and PuriThe Line Krishna Wrote The Thousand-Armed King From the epics · Pan-India · Mahishmati on the Narmada; Samantapanchaka (Kurukshetra); Mount MahendraThe Thousand-Armed King The Girl on Trikuta Mountain Local story · North India · Katra and the Trikuta hills, JammuThe Girl on Trikuta Mountain The Goddess of a Hundred Eyes Legend · Pan-India · Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh; Sambhar, Rajasthan; Badami, KarnatakaThe Goddess of a Hundred Eyes Brahma Kneels Before the Buddha Folk tale · East India · Uruvela (Bodh Gaya), BiharBrahma Kneels Before the Buddha The Skull in Bhairava's Hand Legend · North India · Kashi (Varanasi), Uttar PradeshThe Skull in Bhairava's Hand 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 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 Arm That Came Out of the Hill Local story · North and West India · Govardhan, Uttar Pradesh, and Nathdwara, RajasthanThe Arm That Came Out of the Hill The Dance on the Serpent's Hoods Legend · North India · Vrindavan, on the YamunaThe Dance on the Serpent's Hoods The Tears That Made Two Lakes Local story · Punjab · Katas Raj in the Salt Range, and Pushkar in RajasthanThe Tears That Made Two Lakes The Twelve Days of the Pot Festival story · All India · Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain and NashikThe Twelve Days of the Pot The Rope That Was Always Too Short Legend · All India · Braj, and Maharashtra for the Dahi HandiThe Rope That Was Always Too Short The Night the Prison Opened Festival story · All India · Mathura and GokulThe Night the Prison Opened Karva and the Crocodile Folk tale · North IndiaKarva and the Crocodile The Moon in the Peepal Tree Festival story · North India · Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and DelhiThe Moon in the Peepal Tree 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 Bed of Arrows From the epics · KurukshetraThe Bed of Arrows The Cow at Khatu Local story · West India · Khatu, Sikar district, RajasthanThe Cow at Khatu The Head That Watched the War From the epics · Kurukshetra, and Khatu in RajasthanThe Head That Watched the War The Burning of Kama Legend · Told across India · the HimalayaThe Burning of Kama The Ogress Who Was Afraid of Children Festival story · Told across North India · AyodhyaThe Ogress Who Was Afraid of Children The Colour on Radha's Face Festival story · Braj · Nandgaon and Barsana, Uttar PradeshThe Colour on Radha's Face The God Who Came to Kullu Local story · Kullu, Himachal PradeshThe God Who Came to Kullu The Gold That Fell on Ayodhya Legend · Ayodhya, and MaharashtraThe Gold That Fell on Ayodhya The Bows in the Shami Tree From the epics · Matsya, the kingdom of VirataThe Bows in the Shami Tree The Mountain on One Hand Legend · Braj (Mathura and Vrindavan)The Mountain on One Hand The Last Day of the Fourteen Years From the epics · Ayodhya and north IndiaThe Last Day of the Fourteen Years The Daughter of the Mountain Legend · Told across India · the HimalayaThe Daughter of the Mountain The Wife Who Came Late Local story · Western India · Pushkar, RajasthanThe Wife Who Came Late The Goddess of the Full Plate Local story · North India · Kashi (Varanasi), and BengalThe Goddess of the Full Plate The Word on the Giant's Tongue From the epics · Told across India · Lanka and the HimalayaThe Word on the Giant's Tongue The Game of Dice Legend · Told across India · Kailash, and the caves of ElloraThe Game of Dice The Judge Who Was Saraswati Legend · South India and Kashmir · Sringeri and Sharada PeethThe Judge Who Was Saraswati The Badri Tree Local story · Himalaya · Badrinath, UttarakhandThe Badri Tree Gauri Comes Home Festival story · West and South India · Rajasthan and KarnatakaGauri Comes Home The Secret at Amarnath Local story · Kashmir · the Amarnath caveThe Secret at Amarnath The Thousandth Lotus Legend · Kashi; told across IndiaThe Thousandth Lotus Trita in the Well Legend · Vedic, later set on the Sarasvati in KurukshetraTrita in the Well The Rivers That Bowed Legend · Vedic, the rivers Beas and Sutlej in the PunjabThe Rivers That Bowed Do Not Cry Legend · Told across India; set at Vishala, the old Vaishali, in BiharDo Not Cry 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 Where Sharada Showed Herself Local story · Kashmir · Sharada Peeth, and Basar on the Godavari, TelanganaWhere Sharada Showed Herself The Moon Who Laughed at Ganesha Festival story · Told across India on Ganesh Chaturthi · Mithila, BiharThe Moon Who Laughed at Ganesha The Hundred Daughters of Kushanabha From the epics · North India · KannaujThe Hundred Daughters of Kushanabha 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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