Hi Friends! Today let's try to close our excursion into the names of the days ("vaaras"), and the planets - real or unreal - they are named after ("grahas"). So let's strike out into the forest of stories, and seize the day! Interestingly the word "graha" means the one's who hold or seize. And the … Continue reading 27 – Counting Out Days! Part Four.
Tag: Jataayu
09 – The Eagle Landed, but the Vultures Fell
Hi Friends! Today let us try to complete the story we have been talking about in the last post, and the one before that. As we saw that Garuda, the feathered son of Vinata, successfully snatched away amruta from the Adityas, to fulfil the terms for his and his mother’s freedom, set by the Nagas, … Continue reading 09 – The Eagle Landed, but the Vultures Fell

