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The elephant-king Gajendra was seized by a crocodile at a lake and dragged toward death. For a thousand years he struggl
May 21, 2026
Before Yama was lord of the dead, he was the first being ever to die. In the oldest layer of the Rig Veda, Yama is a mor
May 21, 2026
After the war of Kurukshetra, Ashwatthama killed the sleeping sons of the Pandavas and turned a celestial weapon on an u
May 21, 2026
Bhishma was granted icchamrityu – the boon that death could never take him against his will; he alone would name t
May 21, 2026
When the devas and asuras churned the cosmic ocean for the nectar of immortality, the first thing to rise was not nectar
May 21, 2026
Markandeya was granted a short, brilliant life – sixteen years, not one more. When Yamraj came on the appointed da
May 21, 2026
The princess Savitri chose Satyavan as her husband knowing the sage Narad had foretold he would die in exactly one year.
May 21, 2026
Tell the story of the boy Nachiket, handed to Yamraj the lord of death by his father’s careless words at a sacrifi
May 21, 2026