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लव-कुश: सीता के पुत्र और पृथ्वी में लीन होना
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Lava and Kusha: Sita’s Sons and Her Return to the Earth
लव-कुश: सीता के पुत्र और पृथ्वी में लीन होना
Banished while carrying Rama's children, Sita raised their twin sons Lava and Kusha in Valmiki's hermitage. When reunited,…
सीता की अग्नि परीक्षा
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Sita’s Agni Pariksha
सीता की अग्नि परीक्षा
After the war, Sita walked through fire to prove her purity before the world, and Agni, the fire-god…
लंका दहन: हनुमान ने लंका जलाई
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Lanka Dahan: Hanuman Burns Lanka
लंका दहन: हनुमान ने लंका जलाई
Captured in Ravana's court and his tail set alight to shame him, Hanuman turned the fire against the…
वाली वध
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The Slaying of Vali
वाली वध
To restore his friend Sugriva to the throne of Kishkindha, Rama killed the mighty, nearly invincible Vali with…
शबरी के बेर
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Shabari’s Berries
शबरी के बेर
A poor forest woman, Shabari, waited a lifetime to serve Rama and offered him berries she had tasted…
अहल्या का उद्धार
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Ahalya Freed by Rama
अहल्या का उद्धार
Turned to stone by the sage Gautama's curse, Ahalya waited ages for release and was freed by the…
भरत और पादुका
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Bharata and the Sandals
भरत और पादुका
Offered the throne his mother had seized for him, Bharata refused it, went to Chitrakoot to beg Rama's…
राम का वनवास
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The Exile of Rama
राम का वनवास
On the eve of his coronation, Rama was sent into fourteen years of forest exile by Kaikeyi's two…
समुद्र मंथन और लक्ष्मी का प्राकट्य
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The Churning of the Ocean and the Birth of Lakshmi
समुद्र मंथन और लक्ष्मी का प्राकट्य
Why is Lakshmi worshipped on Diwali? The answer lies in the Samudra Manthan — the churning of the…
दीपावली पर रंगोली: अर्थ, डिजाइन और परंपरा
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Rangoli at Diwali: Meaning, Designs and Tradition
दीपावली पर रंगोली: अर्थ, डिजाइन और परंपरा
The colourful rangoli at the door is one of Diwali's oldest customs — a welcome to Lakshmi, a…
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