Show Notes
August 15th marks Indian Independence Day! The nation celebrates the day that India was free from British rule. Why were the British in India in the first place? How did India get freedom? This kathā is one that has inspired the love for Bhārat for generations! Enjoy listening!
More from The Kathā Project
When Vishnu and Brahma go head-to-head in an impossible competition, who wins? When The Creator and The Preserver are tested, The Destructor is there to remove ego! Lord Shiva teaches Mahavishnu and Lord Brahma the importance of telling the truth and teaches a little flower that agreeing with a lie is just as bad as telling one. Enjoy listening!
When a child's heart is broken, they sometimes lose their spark. But what if finding a goal, something to aspire to makes them shine forever! Little Dhruva set his heart and mind on meeting Lord Narayana and now he lives on forever as The North Star. Enjoy listening!
We don't all have the same strengths! But Lord Ganesha shows us that we must use our own individual strengths to the best of our abilities! Narad Muni arrives at Mount Kailash with a special gift and a dash of cheekiness! In a race between brothers, there's an unlikely winner! Enjoy listening!
What is a friend? Who is a friend? Someone we play with and then forget about it? Krishna and Sudhama were the best of friends but they were parted by years, distance and social status. One was a king, while the other was a poor man. How did their friendship survive those differences? Enjoy listening
Many years ago, Kamsa was warned that the 8th child of Devaki would defeat him. Finally, the time had come for Krishna to enter Mathura, the city he had been snuck out of on a basket just hours after his birth. Here is the story of how the cruel King Kamsa was defeated! Enjoy listening!