Holy Tales

Krishna & Sudama's friendship is known to all. Sudama was a poor Brahmin man. He didn't even have enough money to feed his children.    This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you the reason why Sudama remained poor for most of his life even when he was a close friend of Lord Krishna.. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the Epic Mahabharata, Gandhari & Dhritrashtra had 100 sons. Have you ever wondered how is it possible for a woman to give birth to 100 children.    This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you the hidden secret behind the birth of 100 Kauravs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whenever the earth gets in turmoil, Lord Vishnu incarnates to save mankind and other lives on earth, and his avatars are known as Dashavatar - the ten avatars! Matsya Avtar was his first Avatar. This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how Lord Vishnu appeared in the form of a fish to save the four Vedas from the clutches of the demons and save Satyavrat Manu from the Jal Pralay...

"Hamare sath Sri Raghunath to kis baat ki chinta" this was told by Sage Matang to his disciple Shabri. She was a tribal woman, who lived in a small hut in Sage Matang's ashram in the forest.    This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you why she use to collect berries for Shri Ram & how she became his devotee even before his incarnation. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

Kamadev is called the god of love and attraction. He was married to a goddess Rati, who is considered a goddess of love and charm. But once Lord Shiva killed Kamdev when he tried to hit Mahadev by his love arrows.   This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how Kamdev got his life back & is know as the God of Love. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Piplad was virtuous and ascetic like his father, Maharishi Dadhichi. He blamed the Shanidev for the death of his father. He believed that the devas were not at all ashamed to ask for his bones from his father for their selfishness.  This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you the story of Piplad & the connection between Shanidev’s puja at the Peepal Tree. See omnystu...

Ashwathama was one of the most important characters of the great Indian epic Mahabharata. He was one of Duryodhana's most trusted friends and a warrior that bejewelled his army.  This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how a boon of being immortal became curse for Ashwatthama. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shikhandi was neither a man nor woman. He was born a woman as the eldest child of king Drupad but later became man. Shikhandi struggled all his or her life with the sex assigned at birth.    This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how Shikhandi became the cause of death of Bhishma - the mightiest warrior of Mahabharata. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

Ram Setu is a trail of limestone shoals that have taken the form of a natural bridge. This causeway is created across the sea and connects the Pamban Island of Tamil Nadu to Mannar Island of Sri Lanka. Geological studies indicate that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka.   As per the Ramayana and popular Hindu religious theories, this bridge was constructed by...

Bheem was the strongest Pandava and second son of Kunti and Pandu. He was famous for his low-tempered mind and strength. There's a thrilling story about how he got the power of 10,000 elephants.   This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how he had the power of 10,000 elephants received by the Nagas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most of us know the 14 year exile of Shri Ram during Ramayana but do you know even Mahabharata had a period of exile for Arjuna.   This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how Arjun himself accepted 12 years of punishment just to help someone in need. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Raghukul Reet sada chali aayi, Pran jaaye par Vachan Na jaayi"Shri Ram was known as Raghuvanshi because he belongs to Raghuvansh or Raghukul, a dynasty which was named after king Raghu. This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how King Raghu kept his words for a brahmin who came to his doors for help. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jarasandh was the son of king Brihadrath of Magadh & father-in-law of the King Kans. He was born to two mothers, each gave birth to half a son. This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how Jarasandh attacked Mathura 17 times against Lord Krishna & then met his fate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Devi Narmada is the personification of the Narmada river. She is also known as Rewa. She is one of Lord Shiva's daughters. His sweat accumulated and Narmada was born. This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how Narmada's persistence to become best river got her a special boon from Lord Shiva. ReplyForward See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 A father got a boon from Mahadev of a child but with a short life term & then this child got his life extended by Mahakal. This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma  will tell you how delighted with the prayer and enunciation of mantra, Shiva blessed Little Markandey with a long life and granted his mantra as the divine power for the prevention of unnatural death. This mantra go...

"Hare ka Sahara, Baba Shyam Hamara" you must have read these lines on various cars or billboards with a mark of Dhanush & 3 Arrows. This is the mark of Khatu Shyam Baba who was once known as Barbarik.   Barbarik was the only warrior in the legend of Mahabharat, who was invincible enough to be abetted by Lord Krishna himself, to commit suicide so that he can be prevented from engaging in t...

Krishna Janmashtami is one of the most significant festivals among Hindus as Lord Shree Krishna was born on this day as the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Most of us know the story of his birth in the jail of his maternal uncle King Kansa. But this episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you one more secret that Vasudev & Devaki did not became parents of the Lord for the first time. Th...

A king in Hindu religion who belonged to Ikshvaku descendancy. Trishanku is commonly referred to through mention of "Trishanku's heaven". The word Trishanku has come to denote a middle ground or limbo between one's goals or desires and one's current state or possessions.   This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how a desire of a king to reach heaven in his human form took...

Created by the god Brahma as the most beautiful woman, Ahalya was married to the much older Gautama. In the earliest full narrative, when Indra comes disguised as her husband, Ahalya sees through his disguise but nevertheless accepts his advances.  This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how few minutes of anger can crush the entire fate. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

Mistakes aren't always bad. Sometimes, when we look back in our life, we find few mistakes pretty fruitful.  This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how a good mistake by a small kid transformed his life & made him a great Devi Devotee. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whether Gods or Demons, every kingdom had a Guru in the past. Brihaspati was Devguru and Shukracharya was Daitya Guru who were classmates during their schooling. Still one had an edge over the other as Gods & Demons were always fighting. This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how Devguru's Son fell in love with Daitya Guru's Daughter & lost his life's main motive. See...

In a  world without ignorance, all knowledge would come to everyone without effort and so would become valueless. Thus,  Lord Shiva in the form of Nataraj danced & decided to keep a demon of ignorance crushed under one foot.   This episode of Holy Tales will tell you how Mahadev taught an important  lesson to this world through Apasmara an immortal devil. See omnystudio.com...

Every Shiva Temple in India have Nandi sitting near Shivaling. It is so fascinated to see such a devotee  who always followed his master in every situation. This episode of HOLY TALES by Himanshu Sharma will tell you the story behind Nandi who devoted his entire life to Lord Shiva. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tirupati Balaji par Karz hai Tirupati Balaji is one of the richest temples of India with more than 50k crore wealth but still the God himself is under debt. This episode of HOLY TALES by Himanshu Sharma will tell you the story behind devotees donating lots of rupees & gold to God so that he comes out of his debt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hanuman ji is also known as Pawan Putra as he was born with the blessings of Pawan Dev. Similarly, one of the Pandav in Mahabharata, Bheem was also called Pawan Putra for the same reason. This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how immortal God Hanuman ji helped his brother Bheem after the epic Mahabharata war. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.