Tamil Short Stories - Under the tree

Andal (Tamil: ஆண்டாள், Āṇṭāḷ ) is the only female Alvar among the 12 Alvar saints of South India. The Alvar saints are known for their affiliation to the Srivaishnava tradition of Hinduism. Active in the 8th-century, with some suggesting 7th-century, Andal is credited with the great Tamil works, Thiruppavai and Nachiar Tirumozhi, which are still recited by devotees during the winter festival seaso...

​The story by M.Rajendran is about an old lady going in search of her lost hen throughout the village. Will she locate the hen and what happens is the story all about. Listen and share it with all.

Yamunacharya also is known as Alavandar and Periya Mudaliar was a Vishistadvaita philosopher in Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, India. Ramanuja, one of the leaders of the Sri Vaishnava school sought to be his disciple. He was born in the early 10th century CE and was the grandson of a Brahmin, Nathamuni. Nathamuni was a famed yogi who collected the works of Tamil alvars. Alavandar, like Ramanuja, focused b...

Kulasekhara (fl. 9th century CE), seventh of the twelve mystic alzhwars, was a bhakti theologian, a devotional poet from medieval south India. Scholars identify Kulasekhara with royal Chera playwright Kulasekhara Varma and Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara, one of the earliest Chera/Perumal kings of Kerala. ​ Kulasekhara Alzhwar is considered as the author of Vaishnavite poems Perumal Tirumozhi (Tamil) and...

Tirunilakanta Nayanar, also known as Tirunilakanta, Nilakantan and Tirunilakantar (Thiruneelakandar) was a Nayanar saint, venerated in the Hindu sect of Shaivism. He is generally counted as the second in the list of 63 Nayanars. Tirunilakanta Nayanar belonged to Chidambaram, famous for its Thillai Nataraja Temple dedicated to the god Shiva, patron of Shaivism. He was born in the Kuyavar caste of p...

This is a Russian short story about a military solider who gets hurt in a war and he has to get plastic surgery for this face. He is very upset and not willing to show his face even to his mother. ​Please listen to the full story and share it with all your friends.

This story is about a lecherous, lazy beggar who spent his days begging outside the temple and sleeping at the public houses in that town. He was fully aware and knew that the people talked about him and also passed adverse remarks about him. It is seen in the story that whenever he approached anybody, they threw stones at him and also scolded him a lot or they would silently move away from that s...

The main heroes of this story are Lakshmi aged eight years old who was the eldest child in the family and her younger brother, Srinivasan. They lived in extreme poverty, but they had the gift of God to look at all aspects of their life in a positive way. The children's father was a manual laborer and in order to maintain his family's needs had grown to work in a neighboring village, Mani Muthaaru....

This story 'Karunaiyināldhān is a beautiful and short fictional story was written by S. Vaidyalingam who wrote under the pseudonym  Prapancham. He was influenced greatly by the Self-Respect Movement.  The hero of this story, Kesavan went to take bath in a nearby river and after having taken his bath, when he came out from the river, he saw a few policemen in mufti dress who were standing...

Dhanurdāsar was a powerful wrestler. Not just any ordinary wrestler but one of very high standing. Almost all the wrestlers in the GBChola Kingdom used to pay him a 'protection fee'.  He and his wife Ponnachi lived in Uraiyur. (Pon in Tamil means gold.) Everyone who saw her swore that she richly deserved her name. Her complexion came closest to the yellow metal. She was slightly on the plumpi...

This is a story comprising of real-life incidences in the life of Mr. Balachandran Chullikadu. The book comprises 5 to 6 stories but I have told only a part of it. Listen and share it with all.

This is a short story about Self virtue and the commitment to one's purpose by Jeyamohan. The story revolves around a doctor who diagnoses a disease through out-of-box thinking. Please listen and share the content with all and leave a feedback

The writer of this story, Jeyamohan is one of the greatest writers of Tamil literature. He is a versatile writer and has in-depth knowledge of Indian philosophy and the Indian literature movement. King Drupada and Acharya Drona were daggers drawn as king Drupada had refused to acknowledge his childhood friend Drona after he became king as Drona was poor. Then a war between King Drupada and Arjuna...

This is a very interesting story of a large joint family which gives a lesson about how should we understand every member of the family and manage to stay together in a large family. Maamiyar has a perfect role to play with the dual powers of perfect domination and that of adjustment and greater understanding to all her family members but more precisely for all her daughters-in-law in the family....

This is a story about a couple who are wildly in love with each other. At some point in time the girl falls sick and her in-law prays for her. Listen to the story completely and share it with all.

This is a short story written by La. Sa. Ramamritham and is about two mischievous kids and their mother loves them both unconditionally even after all their mischievous acts. Listen and share it with all.

In this story, the title ' Ahuti ' means sacrifice and this story is the recorded telepathy. Little and a few small incidents that happened in the day-to-day life of people and the reactions to these incidents are given focus and set in the minds of the people and are highlighted often with the use of ancient Tamil words which are not in much use in modern times. Thus the author has beautifully cr...

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field. ​The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump (Hanks), a slow-witted but kind-hearted man from Alabama who witnesses and unwitting...

PAHELI is a Hindi word and it literally means a Riddle or a Puzzle or a Short Descriptive note given to someone in order to give a clue to derive the right answer. This short story having the title Paheli is an extremely lovely story wherein the main hero of the story plays a dual role and captures the readers' minds with the thoughts that are rather complicated and mysterious in the world of real...

hildren of Heaven is a 1997 Iranian family drama film written and directed by Majid Majidi. It deals with a brother and sister and their adventures over a lost pair of shoes. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998. Listen and share the audio with all.

This is an interesting story which teaches us a beautiful lesson that one's fear can be completely stopped , only if he is given the opportunity to analyse all the pros and cons of the difficult situations all by himself and not by being pampered and guided always by other people . Also fear is one factor that makes even the bravest and the most cheerful person to become a big coward and a very sa...

This is an interesting story of Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval (also Thiruvanaikal , Jambukeswaram) is a famous temple of Lord Shiva. This temple truly has great spiritual significance and stands as the Heart of Hinduism , The Eastern Path to Freedom , Spiritual Empowerment and Illumination.

This is an interesting story of Sridhara Venkatesa Dikshitar popularly known as Ayyaval who was a Hindu saint and composer. Sridhar Ayyaval was very focussed on the purpose of life from his early life and was a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva. This story explains various incidents in life of Ayyaval and his spiritual journey.

PRASADAM is a very beautiful and a simple story which gives us lesson such as when people at large get the chance to meet each other and eventually get an opportunity to get the benefit to share some of the valuable experiences and ultimately attain joy and happiness subject to the condition that the mind is absolutely pure and the intentions thereof are also pure and divinely.

Srirangathu kadhaigal (Stories of Srirangam) is a beautiful short story extracted from the writer Sujatha's compilation called Srirangathu Devadhaigal (Angels of Srirangam). Sujatha spent his childhood in Srirangam with his grandparents. This story is based on the culture of the town, the people with whom he met then and so many incidents that kept happening then.