Traditional stories read during vrats and pujas.
📖 Karva Chauth Vrat KathaThe story of Veeravati, read by women observing the Karva Chauth fast — how a fast broken by a false moon brought calamity, and how unwavering observance restored her husband's life.करवा चौथ व्रत कथा 📖 Nirjala Ekadashi (Bhimseni Ekadashi) KathaThe story of Bhima and the waterless fast — how the mightiest of the Pandavas, unable to bear hunger, was taught by Vyasa the one Ekadashi whose observance equals all twenty-four.निर्जला एकादशी (भीमसेनी) कथा 📖 Santoshi Mata Vrat KathaThe Friday-fast story of Santoshi Mata, the Mother of Contentment — how a mistreated daughter-in-law's faith brought her husband home and prosperity to her house, and why nothing sour must touch the vrat.सन्तोषी माता व्रत कथा 📖 Satyanarayan Vrat KathaThe five-chapter story read at every Satyanarayan puja — how the vrat of Lord Satyanarayan, the Lord as Truth itself, uplifts a poor Brahmin, a woodcutter, a merchant's family and a king, and how neglecting the prasad brings swift lessons.सत्यनारायण व्रत कथा 📖 Solah Somvar Vrat KathaThe story of the sixteen-Mondays fast of Shiva — how a temple priest's false word brought a curse, how the vrat cured him, and how its power passed from Parvati to Kartikeya to a Brahmin youth, a princess and a king.सोलह सोमवार व्रत कथा 📖 Utpanna Ekadashi — The Origin of EkadashiThe katha of how Ekadashi herself was born — the radiant shakti who emerged from Vishnu's body to slay the demon Mura, and the boon that made the eleventh tithi the most beloved of all fasts.उत्पन्ना एकादशी कथा