Lord Krishna

Lord Krishna is one of the most popular Hindu daties. He is the 9th avatar of lord Vishnu. He was born to a royal family. His mother and father were imprisoned by his mother 's elder brother because there was a prophecie he was the future destroyer of his uncle. So, krishna's father took him to a safer place, in a little village, and gave the baby krishna to villager.
There krishna grew up and he was known there as a thief because he used to steal butter from the neiborhood since he loves it. He used to take care of cows and play graceful songs with his wodden flute. He liked a girl really much: her name was Radha.

Krishna's myth

Krishna literally means the Black, the Dark, alluding to the dark blue skin of the most famous and most revered avatars of Vishnu.
Krishna was born in Mathura.
His father was the prince Vasudeva of Mathura and his mother the princess Devaki. The legend says that he was born from one of Vishnu’s hair. Kamsa, Devaki's brother who was king of Kashi was a sovereign cruel and immoral. He lived in constant fear that the childrens of his sister would take over the throne. So, he killed six successive children of Devaki and he emprisonned his sister with her husband.
Since his birth, the little Krishna was removed from the murderous wrath of his uncle. He grew among adoptive parents, Nanda and his wife Yashoda living retired in the Forest of Mahavena. A demon named Putna reached the home of Nanda with the appearance of a woman, she killed infants by coating her breasts with poison. Charmed by her beauty, Yashoda allowed Putna to nurse Krishna. Placed against the chest of the demon, Krishna began to suckle. Rather than swallowing the poison it’s the demon’s life that Krishna aspired. Yashoda found the child unharmed, he had killed Putna.
Throughout his childhood, Krishna was already reported by many miracles. The evil uncle, Kamsa continued to fight against Krishna. This one even managed to take over on Indra, whose anger against the inhabitants of a village was manifested by a terrible flood. To bring relief to residents, Krishna merely raised the whole town and the hill of Govardhana above his head.

The Mahabharata

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit religious epics of ancient India, the other being the Ramayana. The Mahabharata was one of the two most important factors that created the "Hindu" culture of India, and the Mahabharata and Ramayana still exert tremendous cultural influence throughout India and Southeast Asia. The epic is part of the Hindu "history", and forms an important part of Hindu mythology. With about one hundred thousand verses, long prose passages, and about 1.8 million words in total, the Mahabharata is the longest epic poem in the world.Its discussion of human goals takes place in a long-standing tradition, attempting to explain the relationship of the individual to society and the world.

The Mahabharata tells the story of two sets of paternal first cousins - the five sons of the deceased king Pandu, the five Pandavas and the one hundred sons of blind King Dhritarashtra - who became bitter rivals, and opposed each other in war for possession of the ancestral Bharata kingdom with its capital in the "City of the Elephants," Hastinapura , on the Ganga river in north central India.
The historical importance of the Mahabharata is not the main reason to read the Mahabharata। Quite simply, the Mahabharata is a powerful and amazing text that inspires awe and wonder। It presents sweeping visions of the cosmos and humanity and intriguing and frightening glimpses of divinity in an ancient narrative that is accessible, interesting, and compelling for anyone willing to learn the basic themes of India's culture. The Mahabharata definitely is one of those creations of human language and spirit that has traveled far beyond the place of its original creation and will eventually take its rightful place on the highest shelf of world literature.

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Vishnu

Lord Vishnu preserves, protects powers to the world in a variety of forms, called avatars. In each of his avatars Lord Vishnu had took the shape of a human being, or an animal combined form and possessing some supernaturel powers. These avatars of Vishnu appear in the world to correct some great evil. The ten avatars of Vishnu are: Matsyavatara or fish, Koorma or tortoise, Varaaha or boar, Narasimha the man- lion, Vaamana the dwarf, Parasurama, Lord Rama, Balarama, Lord Krishna, and the yet to appear the Kalki avatar. All these avatars are earthly forms Lord Vishnu, who himself is eternal and unchangeable. He has many wives who are Lakshmi and Bhumi.

GODDESS DURGA

Durga is considered as the mother goddess and the proctector from evil. I'm going to tell you how she was created.
Once the demon king Mahishasura asked a boon from Brahma(one of the 3 supreme gods) to die at the hands of a woman. Brahma Granted it so the demon was excited because he thought that a weakling woman could kill him. With that on his mind, he and his army attacked heaven and they defeated the gods. The gods ran to Shiva(another of the 3 supreme gods) for help. So he,Brahma and Vishnu(all the three supreme gods) created a woman and named her Durga. They gave some of their powers and weapons. The other minor gods also. Then with the help of Durga, the gods defeated Mahishasura and his army.

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The Chunning of the Ocean

The Hindu Mythology is filled with mysterious events. These mysterious events are sure to surprise you all !!! So, one of the most interesting event is the one of the churning of the ocean. The churning of the ocean was one of central events in the hindu mythology, this expression refers to the ever contunuing struggle (battle) between the devas (gods) and the asuras (demons). Both of them, were eagerly fighting for the Nectar of Immortality (Amrit), which would give them the power to live forever. In order to suceed, Brahma (The Creator) advised the gods to use the "Mount Meru" as the churning stick and the serpent "Vasuki" as the rope that turns the churning stick. The churning process lasted 100 divine years. At last, a divine physician appeared out of the ocean with a pot of Amrit or Ambrosia. Finally, the devas (gods) won and the nectar was given to Vishnu for safe keeping.

Lord Ganesha

Ganesha also spelled "Ganesa" or "Ganesh"and also known as Ganapati,Vinayaka and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most widely worshipped gods in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India. Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused to Jains, buddists, hindus and beyond India. Although Lord Ganesha is the son of Lord Shiva and Parvati. He is the Lord of success and destroyer of evils. He is also worshipped as the god of education, knowledge, wisdom and wealth. Ganesha has got a mouse or a rat which is the transporter (vahana). He has an elephant head with a curved trunk and big ears and the huge pot-bellied body of a human being.
Do you know the story of how Ganesha got his elepant head?
Once goddess Parvati, created a boy out of dirt and ordered him to guard the entrance to her bathroom while she was bathing. When Shiva, her husband returned, he was very angry because of the strange boy who blocked his way. He cut off the boy's head. Parvati broke down in utter brief and to cool her, Shiva fixed the head of an elephant to the body of the boy and restored him to life. Shiva also bestowed a boon that people would worship the elephant-boy and seek his blessings before undertaking any new venture.
There is an annual festival which honours Ganesha. It falls in late August or early September.It is called the "Vinayagar Chaturthi".

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Indian myth : Meena ( Meenakshi )

Meenakshi is, in the Hinduism, princess-goddess . A legend says that she was born with eyes in the shape of fish, a light smell of fish and a third breast. All these perticuliarities must disappear the day of her meeting with her future husband. She was very good warrior and very aggressive.
After the death of the king, her father, she ruled the kingdom , conquering the "whole world" until the day when, reached in front of Shiva, in Himalaya, she lost her third breast and the other perticularities. So she married Shiva then, from this day she was invaded by shyness and by a quite feminine reserve.
Now, she is guardian of Madurai in South India, where a temple is dedicated to her and where a grand festival celebrates every year her marriage.

Indian myth: The Ramayana

What is the story of the Ramayana?

The Ramayana is one of the two great indian epics, the other being the Mahabharata, it tells about life in India around 1000 BCE. The hero, Rama, lived his whole life by the rules of dharma; in fact , that was why indian consider him heroic. When Rama was a young boy, he was the perfect son. Later he was an ideal husband to his wife, Sita, and a responsible ruler of Ayodhya.

The Ramayana has had a profound impact on art and culture in India and Southeast Asia, it has been a source of spiritual for the people all over the world, and had been represented in literature, temple architecture, dance and also theatre.

So if one day you have the opportunity to read the Ramayana, don't waste it!!!