Hello and welcome back to Marathi stories by Sudheer Mahajani. We resume our show with a new season which will cover gists of some great personel in the Hindu mythology.

We start this season with Rishi Agastya - the son of Lord Surya and cover his origin story and key life events and achievements.

Namaskar. In this episode we make further progress in Ramayan. Ram, Lakshman, Bharat, Shatrughna are growing as children. We are introdued to Rishi Vishwamitra. Ram and Lakshman, even though just mere children, go with him to defend and protect Vishwamitra's yagnas and ashram from the demons.

We get to know of demons Tratika / Tadaka, Maarich, Subaahu and how they are defeated by Ram and Lakshman.

We also get to know the story of Gautam Rishi, Devi Ahilya, and how Lord Ram frees Dvi Ahilya from her curse.

Namaskar. Welcome to Marathi stories by Mr. Sudheer Mahajani. In this episode of Ramayan, we get to know the events and reasoning that led to the birth of Shri Ram - the incarnation of Lord Vishnu to end the atrocities of Ravan, and his brothers Lakshman, Bharat, and Shatrughna.

Today, 03 March 2024, also happens to be Mr. Sudheer Mahajani's 70th birthday.

Jai Shri Ram

Namaskar. Welcome to Marathi stories by Sudheer Mahajani. In this episode we get to know the very beginning of the great epic of Tretayuga - Ramayan.

We get to know the life of King Dashrath - the father of Lord Ram. 2 significant events happen in his youth that shape the course of Ramayan..

Namaskar. Welcome to Marathi stories by Sudheer Mahajani. In this episode, we delve into the origin story of Rishi Valmiki.

We get to know Narad muni converts a decoit into the great Valmiki Rishi.

Jai Shri Ram.

Namaskar. Welcome to Marathi stories by Sudheer Mahajani. This is a special episode where Mr. Sudheer Mahajani eloquently describes his friend, Mr. Kasawa's recent excursion to Ayodhya after the inauguration of the Ram Mandir.

Mr. Mahajani gives voice to his friend's unique and fulfilling experience of traveling from Gujarat to Ayodhya, visiting the Ram Mandir, the experiences there, and the exchange of views on the return journey of those traveling together.

Jai Shri Ram!

Namaskar. We conclude the Raghuvansham series with this mini bonus episode to clarify a specific aspect of two important characters that you have come across in these stories and our earlier / upcoming episodes.

In the next few episodes we delve into the early stories of Ramayan.

Namaskar. We come to the final episode of our Raghuvansham series of stories. We explore the life of the son of Raja Sudarshan, Raja Agnivarna.

Raja Agnivarna was an indulgent king who was attracted to leisure, art, and music. While he wasn't the most meritorious in nature, the dynasty overall was blessed with greatness and thereby the kingdom still prospered under him.

Even after his death, Raghuvansham continued and had several great kings that followed who have an honorary mention in this final episode of the series.

Namaskar. In this mini episode, we get to know of Raja Sudarshan, several generations after Raja Kush.

Sudarshan took the throne at a very young age, but, nevertheless, was worthy to rule the world. We get a description of his qualities in the episode.

There is very limited modern literature on this King and hence the imagery shared for this episode is curated and may not be most accurate.

Namaskar. We continue our stories from Raghuvansham. We look at the next generation of Shri Ram - the eldest (amongst all cousins) - Kush - takes over Ayodhya.

Kush restores Ayodhya and at the back of an incident meets Kumudwait - the serpant kingdom princess.

Namaskar. Welcome back to Marathi stories by Sudheer Mahajani. We are listening to stories during the regime of Shri Ram - Ram Rajya.

One may find this a bit controversial, but on closer observation, you realize the noble thought process of Shri Ram while dealing with a delicate situation. The person in question here is Shambhuka.

Namaskar. We continue our journey of Raghuvansham. We have reached up to the youth of King Dashrath and we all are mostly familiar with the events leading to and covering Ramayan. In this episode we explore a lesser known story of Shatrughna - Ram's brother and his battle with Lavanasur

Namaskar. We continue the story of Aja and Indumathi - that has a rather tragic, but destined end. We then get introduced to the next generation of Raja Dashrath - the father of Lord Shri Ram.

Namaskar. Welcome back to Marathi stories by Sudheer Mahajani. We are continuing our stories of Raghuvansham. In this episode we get to know of King Aja - the grandfather of Lord Shri Ram - father of Dashrath - and his wife Indumati.

We continue the story of the newly crowned King Raghu who after the glory of 100 Ashwamedha yagna now undertakes a new challenge of Vishwajeet Yagna. Post that he meets Kautsa who owes a huge debt to his Guru, Varatantu rishi.

Namaskar. We will listen to Raja Raghu's story. This is the story of 100 Ashwamedeha Yagnas.. and how Raghu fights with Lord Indra with great valour and ensures that the blessings of the Yagya are intact.

King Dilip is faced with a difficult situation on his pursuit to protect Nandini the daughter of Surabhi. He overcomes this with his devotion and courage.

We then move to the next generation - the son of King Dilip - Raghu - who reaches the zenith of all greatness and thereby this dynasty is named Raghuvansh.

Namaskar. Welcome to Marathi stories by Sudheer Mahajani. On the auspicious occassion of the inauguration of the Ram Mandir in India this month, we embark on the stories of Shri Ram's ancestorial roots in Raghuvansham. We will be covering these stories in multiple parts over the coming 2-3 weeks.

We start with the story of King Dilip and his wife Sudakshina, and what caused them to seek guidance from Guru Vashishtha. We meet the holy cow Kamadhenu in Surabhi and many interesting characters in this story.

Namaskar. We continue and conclude this intriguing story of multiple characters - Udayan, Vasavdatta, Padmavati and others..

Namaskar. We explore the life story of King Udayan of the post Mahabharat era.

This is part 1 of the story of Udayan and his love Vasavdatta..