Fairytales of India

To celebrate the Chandrayaan-II Mission, gaatha story brings to you stories about moon! These are classic stories from Baalgatha and Fairytales of India Podcasts.

This is the story of a woman and her daughter who are devotees of the Sun. They are very poor and had very little to eat, but inspite of their… More »The Woman Who Worshipped The Sun

Listen to this week’s stories from gaatha story podcasts. The Hindi and English stories from Baalgatha are from our archives, that is, we are re-publishing stories that we had brought to you in the past. The story for Fairytales of India is Band New!

As a Mother’s Day Special, we would like to take you back to an episode from our archives- the story of Hirkani.

In this last week of April 2019, we bring to you three stories- one each from Baalgatha English (Eat My coat, Eat); MLFT Podcast (The Legend of Raja Rasalu- Part I), and Baalgatha Hindi (दो तोतों की कहानी)

Listen to the Story of Gwashbrari and The Charmed Ring from gaatha story podcast. These stories were published on April 10th, 2019.

Listen to the story of Vikram The Brave Warrior, who stars his life as a weaver, but goes on to kill and elephant, a tiger, and defeat the King’s enemy.

Listen to story on Myths, Legends and Fairytales of India Podcast. An old and lonely crow makes friends with a deer, a tortoise, and a mouse. The four creatures live happily in a forest along the banks of a river. Until one day, when the deer gets caught in a hunter’s net. What happens next?

Today we bring to you a story Why The Fish Laughed. This story has a that has a strange title, but it has a lot to teach us. Once, a fish tells the Queen of a Kingdom, “It is a he, pretending to be a she”. The Queen is confused and intrigued by this comment and asks the King to investigate this matter. The King in turn asks his minister to find the answer, and gives the latter six months – otherwise the minister would be put to death. Five months later, the minister asks his son to travel to nearby Kingdoms.
And that’s when the young man’s adventures begin. He meets a Brahman and travels to his village, meets his very intelligent daughter, and.. well. But the important question is, will he be able to find the answer “Why The Fish Laughed?” Listen to this story to learn what happens next.

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This story was originally translated into English and by Joseph Jacobs and has been edited, and revised by Amar Vyas and narrated by Sheerali Biju for gaatha story.
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Listen to the two part story of the Three Calamities, about King Alakesh and his three ministers. This traditional tale from South India is brought ot you by gaahta story.