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Preface Preface of the Culture Course Volume - II Book. [ More... ] Prayers Some important prayers about Gods and other. [ More... ] Seeta's Marriage Janka was the king of Mithila. He was a very wise king. Sumedha was his queen.Once hanaka ploughed his field for a yaga. [ More... ] The Target You have read about the Pandavas and kauravas. They were cousins. Dronacharys was their common Guru. [ More... ] Narada Once there lived an old woman in a forest. She served the rishis there. She had a young son. The old woman taught her son: " Serve the irshis after I am no more". [ More... ] Prahlada Hiranyakashipu was an Asura King. He was a mighty ruler but evil-minded. He hated god. Prahlad was his young son. [ More... ] Atri Brahma, Vishnu and Siva are the three great gods. Rishis Atri was the son of Brahma. One day Brahma asked Atri to create a new world. [ More... ] Vasishtha Rishi Vasishtha, was a son of Brahma. He was learned in the sastras. Brahma said to him one day, "Son, will you become the family priest of kings? you can become rich!" [ More... ] Avvai Grandma Avvai ws a ppoetess of Tamil Nadu. She lived long, long ago. She was learned and wise. people came to her for advice on many things. Kings waited on her for her blessings. [ More... ] The Buddha Prince siddhratha Gautama was born two thousand five hundred years ago. His father was King Suddodana. [ More... ] Chandragupta There was once a village boy called Chandragupta. His father had died and his mother Mura was poor. She had no mney either to feed him or send hime to school. [ More... ] Asoka Asoka was a great King of India. He was the grandson of Chandragupta. He too was a great warrior. He was also a learned man. [ More... ] Kasi There are many holy places in our country. kasi is the foremost among them. It is in the north of India. Another name for Kasi Is Varanasi. [ More... ] Rameswaram In the last lesson you read about the hole place of Varanasi in the north. Here you will read about another holy place, Rameswaram. [ More... ] Badarinath - Kedarnath Badarinath is holy place on the Himalaya. There we have the temple of God Badari Narayana. There in kedarnath is the temple of God Siva. [ More... ] Ujjain Just take a map of India and look for the town of Ujjain on it. It is almost at the centere of our country. It was the capital of India a long time ago. [ More... ] Deepavali Which festival do you enjoy most? Many people would say Deepavali. On that day you get up early in the morning, bathe, wear new clothes and let off crackers. [ More... ] Dassara Dassara is one of our most important festivals. There are many stories about it. Rama killed Ravana on the day of Dassara. [ More... ] Onam Have you heard of the Onam festival? Perhaps some of you have. We shall tell you something about Onam. Mahabali was an Asura King. [ More... ] The Lion and the Rabbit Bhasuraka was the lion-king of the forest. Each day the animals of the forest sent him one of themselves as food for the day. [ More... ] The Swan and the Tortoise A tortoise by nameKambugriva lived in a small lake. It had two swan friends. Every day, the swans came to the lake and talked to the tortoise. [ More... ] Rana Sanga Mewar was a small kingdom in Rajasthan in North India. Chitor was its capital. Many famous kings and queens ruled over it. They were called Rajputs. [ More... ] Rana Pratap Rana pratap was another great Rajput king. he was Rana Sanga,s grandson. He was as brave as his grandfather. Emperor Akbar ruled in Delhi at that time. [ More... ]

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