Myths featuring Bhima

While wandering in the forest, the powerful Pandava prince Bhima is ensnared by a giant python. The creature is revealed to be King Nahusha, who was cursed to live as a serpent for his arrogance, and is freed through Bhima's strength and humility.

During their exile, the Pandavas encounter a mysterious lake guarded by a Yaksha. After his brothers fall unconscious by ignoring the spirit's warnings, Yudhishthira must answer a series of profound philosophical riddles to revive them. Through his wisdom and fairness, he earns the Yaksha's favor and saves his siblings.

During the Pandavas' exile in the Kamyaka Forest, the jealous Duryodhana manipulates the short-tempered Rishi Durvasa into visiting the Pandavas with 10,000 disciples after they have finished their daily meal. Since the divine Akshaya Patra vessel could not produce more food once Draupadi had eaten, the family faced a certain curse for failing in hospitality. However, Krishna intervenes by...

The myth tells of how Goddess Saraswati, the embodiment of wisdom and eloquence, transformed her celestial form into a mighty river to save the world from a cosmic fire. Flowing from the Himalayas near Mana, she eventually chose to vanish from the surface to preserve her purity, becoming the 'Antahsalila' or the hidden river. Today, she is worshipped both as the goddess of learning and the...

In the aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, Ashwatthama, the son of Drona, unleashed the devastating Brahmashirastra in a fit of cowardly rage. When forced to redirect the unstoppable weapon, he targeted the womb of Uttara to end the Pandava lineage. Lord Krishna intervened, saving the unborn Parikshit and cursing Ashwatthama to wander the earth eternally in isolation and disease.

During the fourteenth night of the Kurukshetra War, the half-Rakshasa warrior Ghatotkacha wreaked havoc on the Kaurava forces using his magical powers. Faced with total destruction, Karna used his ultimate weapon, the Vasavi Shakti, to kill him. In his final moments, Ghatotkacha expanded his body to a massive size, ensuring that his falling corpse would crush a vast portion of the enemy army.

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.

In the kingdom of Panchala, King Drupada organized a unique archery contest to find a suitable husband for his daughter, Draupadi. Suitors were required to string a massive celestial bow and shoot the eye of a revolving wooden fish suspended high above a pool, using only the fish's reflection in a vessel of oil as a guide. After the greatest kings and warriors of the age failed, Arjuna,...

During their twelve-year exile in the Kamyaka Forest, the Pandava brothers and their wife Draupadi struggled to feed the many sages who followed them. In response to Yudhishthira's sincere prayers, the Sun God Surya gifted them the Akshaya Patra, a divine copper vessel that provided an endless supply of food every day until Draupadi finished her own meal. This miracle sustained the group...

After the Great Kurukshetra War and the departure of Lord Krishna, the five Pandava brothers and their wife Draupadi renounce their kingdom to seek entry into heaven by walking into the Himalayas. One by one, they fall due to their personal flaws, leaving only the eldest, Yudhishthira, and a mysterious dog to reach the summit. At the peak of Swargarohini, Yudhishthira faces his final tests of...