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SHIVA / COMPASSION
Shiva drinks Halahala
When the ocean yields a terrible poison, Shiva acts to protect the worlds.
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SHIVA / COMPASSION
When the ocean yields a terrible poison, Shiva acts to protect the worlds.
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RAMA / DHARMA
A royal coronation gives way to exile, and a family must face the meaning of duty.
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JATAYU / COURAGE
An aged guardian confronts Ravana, protects Sita and preserves the truth that will guide Rama’s search.
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HANUMAN / COURAGE
Across the ocean lies the next step in the search for Sita.
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KRISHNA / PROTECTION
A mountain becomes a shelter for the people and cattle of Vraja.
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KRISHNA / RESTORATION
Krishna enters Kaliya’s poisoned lake, restores the Yamuna and joins decisive strength to mercy.
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VISHNU / SURRENDER
An elephant king’s strength fails in the water, an ancient prayer returns, and Vishnu answers.
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MATSYA / PRESERVATION
Vishnu appears as a divine fish and guides Manu, living forms and sacred knowledge through the cosmic deluge.
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VISHNU / RESTORATION
Vishnu manifests as the divine boar, raises the Earth from the cosmic waters and confronts Hiranyaksha.
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PRAHLADA & NARASIMHA / DEVOTION
A ruler tries to command his son’s devotion, and a pillar reveals a form no condition could contain.
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VAMANA & KING BALI / DHARMA
A small brahmachari asks for three steps of land, and the promise expands to the scale of the cosmos.
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DEVI / COURAGE
The gods’ combined radiance takes divine form in the struggle against Mahishasura.
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DEVI / PROTECTION
Many divine powers arise for one struggle, then return into the Goddess before the final conflict.
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DEVI / PROTECTION
Enter the sacred narrative of Lalita Tripurasundari and her divine army.
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SAGES & DEVOTEES / DEVOTION
A king’s perseverance brings a heavenly river to the earth.
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SHIVA & PARVATI / DEVOTION
From Parvati’s tapas to the divine wedding: a story of devotion, resolve and recognition.
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SATI & SHIVA / DIGNITY
A grand sacrifice excludes Shiva, Sati confronts the contempt behind it, and grief begins a difficult path toward restoration.
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GANESHA / PROTECTION
Parvati creates a devoted guardian whose courage, loss and restoration open the way to a new divine role.
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KARTIKEYA / PROTECTION
Shiva’s radiance passes through fire, mountain and river before a child is welcomed by six foster mothers and brought home to Kailasa.
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DHRUVA / DEVOTION
A child leaves the palace seeking honour, and discovers a greater object of devotion.
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KAPILA & DEVAHUTI / LIBERATION
A mother asks about the self, and a teaching on discernment and devotion becomes her path.
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SHIVA / TRANSFORMATION
Three moving cities seem beyond defeat until the cosmos becomes Shiva’s chariot and one arrow meets the moment of alignment.
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PRITHU & PRITHVI / STEWARDSHIP
A famine brings king and Earth into conflict, then dialogue, restoring seeds, cultivation and prosperity through responsible rule.
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MARKANDEYA & SHIVA / DEVOTION
A young devotee takes refuge at the linga when Yama arrives, and Shiva answers the devotion that will not let go.
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BEYOND AN EPISODE / EXPLORE THE TRADITION
Explore Sarga and Visarga: the unfolding of cosmic principles, the differentiation of living forms and the recurring rhythm of creation.
Enter the illustrated introduction →The Fourteen Lokas: explore the realms →
The Manus & Manvantaras: explore the cycles →
Great Rishis: meet the sages across these accounts →
The Avadhuta’s twenty-four teachers: learn from nature and daily life →
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