The Hindu StoryThe stories
Many stories. One at a time.
There is no single Hindu story. There are thousands, told and retold for generations. We began with the Mahabharata. Tell us which one you’d like us to tell next.
Telling now
The Mahabharata
Two families, one throne, and the Bhagavad Gita at its heart. The whole epic, one two-minute episode a day.
Which story should we tell next?
Request as many as you like. The most-requested stories come first.
Valmiki’s epic
The Ramayana
Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman: an exile, a kidnapping, and the long road to Lanka.
Krishna’s teaching to Arjuna
The Bhagavad Gita
All 700 verses, a few at a time, with what each one means for an ordinary day.
From the Bhagavata Purana
Krishna’s Childhood
The butter thief of Vrindavan, the mountain lifted on one finger, and the flute that called everyone home.
From the Shiva Purana
Shiva and Parvati
The ascetic on the mountain, the princess who would not give up, and the family they made.
The Devi Mahatmya
Durga and the Goddess
When no god could defeat the buffalo demon, the Goddess rose from all of them together.
From the Puranas
Ganesha Stories
How he got his elephant head, the race around the world, and why every beginning starts with him.
The Dashavatara
The Ten Avatars of Vishnu
The fish, the tortoise, the boar, the man-lion and more: ten times the preserver came down to set the world right.
From the Ramayana and beyond
Hanuman
The child who mistook the sun for a fruit, the leap across the ocean, and a devotion that never wavered.
The oldest questions, told as stories
Stories of the Upanishads
Nachiketa questioning Death, Satyakama and his honest answer, and the teachings behind them.
Ancient fables of wisdom
The Panchatantra
Clever crows, foolish lions and loyal friends: the animal tales first told to teach three princes.
Poet-saints across the centuries
The Saints of India
Mirabai, Tulsidas, Andal, Tukaram and others, whose songs are still sung every day.