Holy Tales

This captivating episode of "Holy Tales" by Himanshu Sharma unravels the intriguing story of King Janak. A profound dream shakes the king's reality, leading him to seek the guidance of the wise sage, Rishi Ashtavakra. Tune in now for the mystical wisdom that unfolds. Happy listening!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Embark on an extraordinary voyage through the realms of mythology with "Holy Tales" by Himanshu Sharma! In our latest episode - Nachiketa aur Yamraj, we unravel the riveting story of Nachiketa and Yamraj. Experience the gripping encounter of a young seeker, Nachiketa, who fearlessly confronts the lord of death, Yamraj, in pursuit of profound wisdom. Prepare to be captivated by the profound lessons on life's purpose, the power of determination, and the path to enlightenment. Join us on this transformative quest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bhanumati was daughter of Chitrangada, King of Kalinga. She did not play any major role in Mahabharata. She is mentioned only two places. Stri Parva and Shanti Parva. In the Stri Parva, Queen Gandhari (mother of Duryodhana) describes Bhanumati as a beautiful and attractive woman who was very intelligent and physically strong as well. She used to mock and challenge her husband Duryodhana for wrestling.  This episode of Holy Tales by Astrologic Himanshu Sharma will tell you why there is a renowned hindi proverb written over Bhanumati – Kahin ki eent Kahin ka roda, Bhanumati ne Kunba joda.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All the great beings who were responsible for creation of living beings are called Prajapati in Hinduism. They are all the sons of Lord Brahma. With all severe austerity, penance, worship, trance and bhakti yoga Lord Brahma created Maharishis who came to be known as Prajapatis. This Episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you the story of Kardama Muni who was also a Prajapati and directly born from the body of Brahma. A Rishi who was so involved in Bhakti that he even forgot that he was married.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma, we uncover the lesser-known story of how Mandodari, Ravana's wife, brought Amrut to make him immortal. Though Ravana was ultimately killed by Lord Ram's arrow to his naval, discover the intriguing tale behind the implantation of Amrut.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emotionally hurt by an apsara, Sage Rishi Vibhandak started hating Women & this turned his son's life upside down. He never saw any women in his childhood. This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how a sage who never saw any women got married to Lord Rama's sister Shanta.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People often think Lord Hanuman being a brahmachaari meant that Goddess Parvati, Lord Shiva's divine consort, was not present in his incarnation, but that is not true. This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you the truth behind the power in Hanuman ji's tail. Also, how & why he burnt the entire lanka with his burning tail.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anusuya was daughter of Sage Devahuti and wife of Atri Muni. She had unbroken loyalty to her husband. Her intensity of sattva was so great that due to it, devas going through the skyway felt her majesty.  This Episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how & why she turned tridev – Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva in to small babies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vedavati the incarnation of Devi Lakshmi, who was bor at a Maharishi's home, grew up as a young lady with the sole desire and purpose to marry Vishnu Dev. She started performing penances for it but when Ravan tried to take her, she refused & cursed Ravana.   This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how a curse from past birth brought an end to Ravana's life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maa Annapurna is the goddess of food and kitchen.  She is an avatar of Goddess Parvati who is the wife of Lord Shiva. But once she challenged Mahadev to invite  sages for lunch & then came Maharishi Agastya who had the power to drink the entire ocean.   This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you this interesting story of Mata Parvati's kitchen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maharshi Valmiki, the author of the great Indian epic Ramayana, was a Hindu sage who is referred to as the 'adikavi', the original creator of the Hindu 'shloka'    This Episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how a Brahman by birth belonging to the lineage of Bhrigu was consigned to a family of robbers who brought him up. But his accidental contact with the sage Narada changed his life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Hinduism, each of the divine gods and Goddesses have their own animal escorts. These are also called as Vahanas (animal vehicles). The literal meaning of a Vahana is something that carries, or pulls. While different Gods are associated with different Vahanas or animal escorts, Lord Indra, the king of Dev is associated with a white elephant called Airavata. This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you why the mythological winged white elephant, Airavat denied carrying Indra his owner on his back.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maa Parvati had done so many severe austerities to get Lord Shiva in her husband's form and had given so many exams, only then she got the chance to marry Mahadev Lord Shiva.  This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will share one such story from the Indian pauranik texts when Lord Shankar took a unique test of Mother Parvati.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amarnath ji is considered to be one of the major Hindu Dhams. The holy cave is the abode of Lord Shiva. The guardian of the absolute, Lord Shiva, the destroyer, is enshrined in the form of an shivling formed by ice in this cave. This lingam is formed naturally, which is believed to wax and wane with the moon.   This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you the interesting story behind this cave when Maa Parvati insisted Lord Shiva to share the secret of being immortal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Devi Sita is a well known Hindu Goddess acknowledged for her courage, purity, dedication, loyalty, and sacrifice. She is the silent figure of strength in the Hindu epic, Ramayana. She is the epitome of devotion as a wife, daughter, and a mother.  This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how a simple goddess Sita had such great powers that she could have save herself from Ravan but a grass stopped her in dojng so. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Agastya Muni is one of the esteemed sages in Hindu dharma. He was son of Maharishi Pulatsya & brother of Maharishi Vishrawa, father of Ravana. This episode of Holy Takes by Himanshu Sharma will tell you how & why a sage drank the entire ocean to help Devas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kedarnath Dham, located in the Rudraprayag District of Uttarakhand in the lap of the Garhwal Himalayas, is an integral part of the Char Dham Yatra, which includes Yamunotri, Gangotri and Badrinath. Pandavas sought Lord Shiva to relieve themselves from the guilt of killing their blood relatives. This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you about the struggle of Pandavas to get Lord Shiva's blessings & then, forming one of the most worshipped temple of the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lord Shiva gifted his famous bow to Dev vrata, who was a great devotee and the ancestor of King Janaka. This bow was extremely powerful and heavy and it was made by Lord Vishwakarma and gifted to Lord Shiva. King Janaka's daughter Sita had lifted the bow once while playing with her sisters. This could not be done by anyone else in the kingdom, so Janaka was astonished. So King Janaka declared that Sita would be married only to a man who could lift and string the Shiva Dhanush.    This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you the event that witnessed true belief of people of Ayodhya with Siyaram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"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 for privacy information.

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 information.

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 Lord Rama and his Vanara (monkey) army. Surprisingly, this causeway is visible from an aerial view even to this day.   This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will you who broke this important structure that laid the way for Shri Ram & his army to Lanka. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 got famous as Mahamrityunjaya Mantra. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"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 the war. Barbarik was a symbol of equality, who was bound by his principle to always fight for the weaker side.   This episode of Holy Tales by Himanshu Sharma will tell you the story of Barbareek to Khatu Shyam Baba. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. This was third time for them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 him to a wierd state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 privacy information.

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/listener for privacy information.

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.