by Madhu | tra. 2, 2020 | Stories about Bhagavad-Gita
Ramacandra appeared in the Iksvaku dynasty. He is known as Iksvaku Kuladhana. Kula means “dynasty” and dhana means “property” or “valuable jewel.” So he is the jewel of the Iksvaku dynasty. Dasaratha was known as such because he could fight in ten directions...
by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
One day when Tuka came home Jija was performing Lakshmi Pooja at home. He asked her what she was doing and she replied that she was doing pooja for Rukmani. He then asked her what the occasion today was and why she was suddenly doing this. Jija then told him that some...
by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
There was a village called Chinchwadi near Pune. (It is now called Chinchwad) People from that village would very often invite Tukaram to perform his sankirtans and he would go there and sing his abhangs. Often his bhajans used to go on till dawn. One day when Tukaram...
by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
One Ekadasi day, Tuka was performing kirtans and Shivaji was listening to it with love. In the meantime Muslim soldiers heard about the whereabouts of Shivaji and a big troop of 2000 soldiers came to arrest him. They surrounded the house in which bhajans were...
by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
One day as usual Tukarams shop was looted by miscreants as he had left it open and left with a group of pilgrims to Pandharpur. His wife then gave him some jewels and asked him to mortgage the same to get stocks for his provision stores. He mortgaged the jewels...
