Indian Epics Blog

Gandhari: A Mother Blinded By Love [Comic on Reserve] Gandhari Comic Cover Page.  Source :  Indian Epics Blog POV: Third person Summary : Gandhari is introduced as the princess of Gandhara and has many virtuous qualities, like a deep love of god and truth; she also prayed a lot Lord Shiva appears while she is praying and tells her she will have 100 hundred sons Later on, a proposal for Gandhari's hand in marriage is sent to the King from Hastinapura; it is none other than Dhritarashtra, the blind King Gandhari's father is wary but eventually agrees; knowing her future husband is blind, Gandhari blindfolds herself so that she may live like him and experience life as he does Everybody is talking about the honourable woman who blinded herself for her hubby as the celebrations of marriage fill the air Soon she becomes pregnant, but the pregnancy lasts a long time and all her worried for she was meant to give birth ever since Kunti, her sister-in-law and mother of th...

Preface : This story is sort of a continuation of my Week 6 Story: Ganga's Arrest . It is completely readable without knowing the previous story, but it includes some of the characters from "Ganga's Arrest" and picks up a little while after Sergeant Talbot watches Ganga's interrogation when she is arrested for drowning her babies.  "Attorney Briefcase". Source : Wikimedia Commons The mad woman who had drowned several children had called her lawyer. Talbot had told Officer Felix not to push her too far before she gave them any incriminating information, or she would do just that. But even though Felix had been around the block many times with these kinds of things, this woman called "Ganga" seemed to have disturbed him so much that he couldn't keep his calm. Not that Talbot could blame him. If you weren't mildly put off by a woman who claimed to be 'a river' and had a divine purpose in drowning children, you probably dese...

Ganga: The Divine Beauty [Comic on Reserve] Ganga Comic Cover Page.  Source :  Indian Epics Blog POV: Third person Summary : The story of how Ganga came to Earth; she is defined as a great beauty and is said to be able to be able to purify all who cross her path; born to the mountain Himavan (Himalayas!) The gods and goddesses come to Himavan one day to ask him to send Ganga to earth so that she may cleanse its people They are having a very hard time down on earth as asuras are plaguing them and hiding in the ocean during the day; thus, the gods go to a sage who drinks up the oceans waters revealing them (as Vishnu told them they are on the ocean bed), so that the devas  may fight them. When the asuras are defeated, the earth is now without an ocean Many years pass and again they beg that Ganga be sent down to earth, but it does not occur as yet; Vishnu tells them that a king is being gifted a son who from his line, will produce an heir that brings Ganga to Ea...

Saraswati: Stories of the Goddess of Wisdom [Comic on Reserve] Saraswati Comic Cover Page.  Source :  Indian Epics Blog POV: Third person Summary :       The Birth of Saraswati In the first story, the birth of Saraswati is told; she is born of Brahma's mind just after her is finished creating the three worlds and is seated on his lotus in mediation Brahma is so captivated by her beauty that he cannot avert his gaze, and she tries to move to avoid it but he grows a head in every direction to look at her In order to stop this distraction, Shiva destroys the fifth head that appears, and Brahma apologises to Saraswati and asks her to teach him better; she tells him the vedas which he chants They are married, as Saraswati is his shakti       Saraswati Becomes a River In the second story, Saraswati must become a river in order to stop the vadavagni (all consuming fire), and cleanse the people who drink from the river's waters of their ...