Devalok

Stories of the gods from West India

Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and the Konkan coast, with Dwaraka at the far edge: the country of Ganesh Chaturthi and Gudi Padwa, of Vithoba and the Varkaris, and of the Krishna who left Mathura for the sea.

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 Army of Clay Legend · Maharashtra · Paithan on the Godavari, and the Jain chronicles of the westThe Army of Clay The Guard at Vijaya's Fire Legend · West India · Guptakshetra, where the Mahi meets the sea near Khambhat, GujaratThe Guard at Vijaya's Fire The Grandson at the Pond Legend · West India · Guptakshetra, where the Mahi meets the sea near Khambhat, GujaratThe Grandson at the Pond The Chariot from Raivataka From the epics · Western India · Dwaraka and Raivataka hillThe Chariot from Raivataka The Sister at the Door Local story · Odisha · Puri, and Dwaraka in the tellingThe Sister at the Door The Bride Who Came Back Too Tall Legend · West India · Kusasthali, the city that became DwarakaThe Bride Who Came Back Too Tall The God Who Drinks at Ujjain Local story · Central India · Ujjain, Madhya PradeshThe God Who Drinks at Ujjain The Land the Sea Gave Back Legend · South India · Kerala and the western coast, from Gokarna to KanyakumariThe Land the Sea Gave Back The Thousand-Armed King From the epics · Pan-India · Mahishmati on the Narmada; Samantapanchaka (Kurukshetra); Mount MahendraThe Thousand-Armed King 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 God Who Waited on a Brick Local story · West India · Pandharpur, MaharashtraThe God Who Waited on a Brick The Twelve Days of the Pot Festival story · All India · Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain and NashikThe Twelve Days of the Pot The Rice Tied in a Cloth Legend · All India · Dwaraka and Porbandar, and Guruvayur for Kuchela's dayThe Rice Tied in a Cloth The Arrow from Behind the Tree From the epics · All India · and Maharashtra for Gudi PadwaThe Arrow from Behind the Tree The Morning the World Began Festival story · South and West India · Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and MaharashtraThe Morning the World Began The Rope That Was Always Too Short Legend · All India · Braj, and Maharashtra for the Dahi HandiThe Rope That Was Always Too Short The Berries Shabari Tasted Legend · All India · and Shabari Dham, Dang district, GujaratThe Berries Shabari Tasted The Demon of Fire Legend · West and South India · Maharashtra and Tamil NaduThe Demon of Fire The Sesame in Shani's House Festival story · Told across North and West IndiaThe Sesame in Shani's House The Cow at Khatu Local story · West India · Khatu, Sikar district, RajasthanThe Cow at Khatu The Gold That Fell on Ayodhya Legend · Ayodhya, and MaharashtraThe Gold That Fell on Ayodhya The Lamp That Faces South Festival story · North and West IndiaThe Lamp That Faces South The Wife Who Came Late Local story · Western India · Pushkar, RajasthanThe Wife Who Came Late The Hundred Years of Karavira Local story · Western India · Kolhapur, MaharashtraThe Hundred Years of Karavira The Fool Who Became Kalidasa Folk tale · Told across India · Benares, Ujjain and BengalThe Fool Who Became Kalidasa The Thread on Bali's Wrist Festival story · Western India and across India · Raksha BandhanThe Thread on Bali's Wrist Vrinda's Curse Festival story · Told across India; Maharashtra, Gujarat, AndhraVrinda's Curse Where Sharada Showed Herself Local story · Kashmir · Sharada Peeth, and Basar on the Godavari, TelanganaWhere Sharada Showed Herself The Fire She Carried Local story · Western India · Prabhasa (Somnath) and PushkarThe Fire She Carried The Moon and the Twenty-Seven Sisters Legend · Told across India · Prabhasa (Somnath), GujaratThe Moon and the Twenty-Seven Sisters The City the Fire Guarded From the epics · Central India · Mahishmati on the NarmadaThe City the Fire Guarded

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