Character Archive

Myths featuring Bakasura

Explore myths where Bakasura appears across cultures, conflicts, sacred places, and recurring themes.

1 myth currently featured for Bakasura.

Bhima Delivering a Cart of Food and Slaying the Maneater Bakasura

🕉️ Hindu MythologyEkachakra (Bhairabkunda), Assam, IndiaBhima • Bakasura • Kunti

During their exile, the Pandava brothers and their mother Kunti lived in disguise in the village of Ekachakra. Upon learning that a local family was forced to sacrifice a member to the ravenous demon Bakasura, Bhima volunteered to take their place. He engaged the rakshasa in a titanic struggle, ultimately slaying the beast and freeing the villagers from their long-standing reign of terror.