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King Sibi - (April 16^th, 2004)
Sibi offered his flesh to rescue a pigeon from an eagle...

Pulahar - (April 9^th, 2004)
He was the sage who created the butterly and also the lion and the goat...

Balagi - (April 2^nd, 2004)
Balagi was proud that he knew everything in the Vedas till Ajatashatru stumped him...

Thathisee - (March 26^th, 2004)
Thathisee maharishi is connected with the mythical Saraswati river in a beautiful story...

Suvedakedu - (March 19^th, 2004)
This rishi created an opportunity to pronounce Hinduism' s great mantra - Thathvamasi...

Sabari - (March 12^th, 2004)
The woman saint held on to dear life just to serve Rama and Lakshmana in the forest...

Rishikaas - V - (March 5^th, 2004)
A woman rishikaa is named after faith and she praises it in her verses in the Rig Veda...

Rishikaas - IV - (Feb 27^th, 2004)
The word and night are also rishikaas...

Rishikaas - III - (Feb 20^th, 2004)
Sooriya Savithri's Suktham is chanted at weddings...

Rishikaas - II - (Feb 13^th, 2004)
Rishikaas composed verses for the Rig Veda...

Rishikaas - I - (Feb 6^th, 2004)
Rig Veda has verses recited by women...

Veda Vyasa-II - (Jan 30^th, 2004)
Vinayaka had the challenging task of writing the epic as Vyasa recited the verses without a break...

Veda Vyasa-I - (Jan 23^rd, 2004)
Vyasa longed for a progeny and obtained a son through sheer passion for an apsaras...

Sage Naradha-VI - (Jan 16^th, 2004)
Sanathkumarar teaches Naradha about atma gnana and how one can attain infinity...

Sage Naradha-V - (Jan 9^th, 2004)
Naradha recited the Ramayana in 100 slokas to prove the greatness of Rama to Valmiki...

Sage Naradha-IV - (Jan 2^nd, 2004)
His vanity regarding his genius was like an overweight he was carrying around...

Sage Naradha-III - (Dec 26^th, 2003)
Sage Narada gets a taste of this philosophy...

Sage Naradha-II - (Dec 19^th, 2003)
The sage not only turned into a woman but also married a rishi and had 60 children...

Sage Naaradha - (Dec 12^th, 2003)
Sage Naaradhas birth pleases rain god, drought turns to flood...

The birth of Pandavas - (Dec 5^th, 2003)
Durvasa's mantra helps Kunti and Madri give birth to the Pandavas in the forest...

Long-distance hospitality - (Nov 28^th, 2003)
Lord Krishna uses a morsel of food to save the Pandavas from Durvasa...

The ring of love - (Nov 21^st, 2003)
King Dushyanth weds Shakunthala but forgets her because of a curse...

A name synonymous with anger - (Nov 15^th, 2003)
There are three versions about the birth of Sage Durvasar.

Seetha-Rama wedding - (Nov 9^th, 2003)
Rama's wedding also led to the wedding of all his brothers.

Rama wins Sita's hand - (Nov 2^nd, 2003)
Janaka wondered who these god-like youths were.

Viswamitra - Ahalya's absolution from curse - (Oct 24^th, 2003)
Lord Indra came to the ashram disguised as the sage, desiring Ahalya.

The story of Ganga (II) - Viswamitra - (Oct 12^th, 2003)
The river was caught in Shiva's head and her attempts to release herself proved futile.

The story of Ganga - Viswamitra - (Sep 25^th, 2003)
It was Bhageeratha's penance that brought the Ganga to the earth.

The birth of Lord Kandhan as told by Viswamitra - (Sep 19^th, 2003)
He destroyed the Asuras and the delighted Devas crowned him as the commander of their army.

Viswamitra in Ramayana - 2 - (Sep 12^th, 2003)
Rama killed the demons with the asthras and helped the rishis complete their yaga.

Viswamitra in Ramayana - (Sep 8^th, 2003)
Viswamitra wanted Rama to kill the demons who were disrupting his yaga.

Harischandra - III - (Aug 29^th, 2003)
Viswamitra accepted defeat at the hands of the king who refused to swerve from the Truth...

Harischandra - Part 2 - (Aug 22^nd, 2003)
Not knowing what was in store for him, Harischandra promised to fulfil the wishes of the Brahmin...

Harichandra - I - (Aug 18^th, 2003)
Viswamitra vowed to turn Harichandra, the epitome of Truth, into a liar...

Viswamitra - (Aug 8^th, 2003)
Sathyavathi turned into river Gomathi on being cursed by Risigar Maharishi. - (Aug 8^th, 2003)
Sathyavathi turned into river Gomathi on being cursed by Risigar Maharishi.

Trishanku - Part 3 - (Aug 1^st, 2003)
When one refers to a state of Trishanku, it means that a person is neither here nor there.

TRISHANKU-II - (July 26^th, 2003)
Trishanku's wish of ascending the heavens in his humanly form, led to a serious turn of events.

Trisanku - Part 1 - (July 17^th, 2003)
King Thirayarunan's only son Sathyaviradhan was haughty, headstrong and flirtatious by nature.

Viswamitra - Part II - (June 18^th, 2003)
Kamadhenu immediately obliged Vasishta by making arrangements for a feast. However, a new crisis surfaced.

Viswamitra - Part 1 - (June 9^th, 2003)
Kaushika proved to be an able king and was well liked by his subjects.

Vasishta - III - (May 28^th, 2003)
Adhrisyanthi in due course gave birth to a son, who became the famous Maharishi Parasarar.

Vasishta - II - (May 22^nd, 2003)
In Sanskrit, Sanaiswaran means 'moving slowly'. Of the nine Grahas he is the slowest...

The peerless Rishi in penance and knowledge - (May 15^th, 2003)
Rishi Vasishta was peerless in strength of penance and knowledge of sastras.

Agasthya - Part V - (May 12^th, 2003)
Agasthya and his wife Lopamudra were great devotees of Lalitha Devi.

Agasthya - Part IV - (May 4^th, 2003)
When the celestial wedding of Parvathi and Parameshwar took place in the Himalayas, all the rishis and devas were there to witness the event.

Sage Agasthya - Part III - (May 2^nd, 2003)
The Devas approached Agasthya and explained their plight and Lord Vishnu's plan to kill the Kala Keyas.

Sage Agasthya - Part II - (April 24^th, 2003)
Agasthya told the mountain that he and his wife were travelling southwards and that its peaks should remain at the same level till they returned home.

Life History of Sages - Part I - (April 19^th, 2003)
The sages were the connecting bridge between the humans on earth and the angels in heaven.