The Legend behind Maha Kumbh - Page 6

Originally posted by: shikaDD

yup parvathi holds his neck and because of poison his throat turns blue hence he is called
"neelakanta(blue colored throat)"

Originally posted by: lasyap3

Yeah !! 😊

He is also called Garalakanta -- Garalam means poison

yup heard this name too

Originally posted by: shikaDD

yup u r rite 👏

but u forgot the reason y everyone started searching for amrit


urvasa Muni was passing on the road, he saw Indra on the back of his elephant and was pleased to offer Indra a garland from his own neck. Indra, however, being too puffed up, took the garland, and without respect for Durvasa Muni, he placed it on the trunk of his carrier elephant. The elephant, being an animal, could not understand the value of the garland, and thus the elephant threw the garland between its legs and smashed it


Seeing this insulting behavior, Durvasa Muni immediately cursed Indra to be poverty-stricken, bereft of all material opulence. Thus the demigods, afflicted on one side by the fighting demons and on the other by the curse of Durvasa Muni, lost all the material opulence's in the three worlds.

Lord Indra, Varuna and the other demigods, seeing their lives in such a state, consulted among themselves, but they could not find any solution. Then all the demigods assembled and went together to the peak of Sumeru Mountain. There, in the assembly of Lord Brahma, they fell down to offer Lord Brahma their obeisances, and then they informed him of all the incidents that had taken place.


Upon seeing that the demigods were bereft of all influence and strength and that the three worlds were consequently devoid of auspiciousness, and upon seeing that the demigods were in an awkward position whereas all the demons were flourishing


When offered prayers by Lord Siva and Lord Brahms, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Visu was pleased. Thus He gave appropriate instructions to all the demigods. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as Ajita, unconquerable, advised the demigods to make a peace proposal to the demons, so that after formulating a truce, the demigods and demons could churn the ocean of milk

Originally posted by: ashvikian4life

oh wow i didn't knew about it 😲 such shows are giving us an opportunity to explore more about our culture . thanks for this dear . no offence to anyone , but i never liked lord indira's attitiude and thought process , he always thinks high about him and then gets into a big problem .

lord indra behavior towards munis was bad so they cursed that he will always loose battles against asura(demon) so he always run to trimurthi for help
vn ever asura like mahisasura or gajasura basmasura cme to heaven he ran away so these demons knew that trimurti will defeat them for attacking heaven so they used to meditate get wishes frm one of these 3 gods n the other god had to reincarnate to defeat them

@shikhaDD,

Originally posted by: Arshics

@shikhaDD,

Thanks for sharing this legend. That's the beauty of mythology, every story has another back story to it, and every action has a reason steeped in the past!

We have a treasure trove of stories that help us to understand our past and our culture.

Thanks again for telling this story

actually this serial made me to read more story regarding our culture

Originally posted by: shikaDD

so true

Though I am from Indian origin, I can say I have learnt a lot from these posts and have to thank all of you for providing the necessary details. The interesting fact is that MK has made us take stock of our rich culture, a rare feat when we think that it is a serial.

Thank you for sharing.. Interesting to read !😊

Great post, Arshi :) Thanks.