The city of Pandharpur in southern Maharashtra, in peninsular India, has the famous temple of Vithoba, a form of Krishna.…

Prahlad was born to King Hiranyakashipu, a powerful asura (demon) king, who desired immortality and sought to be worshipped as…

Nachiketa was a very inquisitive little boy.  One day, his father performed a grand yajna, in which he invited several…

Dhruva literally means unshakable, immovable, or fixed.  Dhruva was born to a king named Uttanapada and his wife Suniti.  The…

Ashtavakra was born with eight deformities in his body.  He was born, in a town called Videha, present day Janakpur,…

Andala, also known as Godadevi, Kothai and Nachiyar, was the only female Alvar among twelve Hindu poets of South India. …

Ahilyabai Holkar was a vibrant young Hindu girl from a middle-class family who rose to become the ruling queen of…

Shankaracharya was a prodigious child, believed to be a partial avatar of Bhagwan Shiva, who descended to spread the teachings…

Abhimanyu was a matchless warrior, whose bravery and extraordinary valor at the young age of sixteen became legendary in the…