Stories and jewelry from India
The story of why Naraka chathurdasi came to be observed Long long ago, so very long ago, the Devas and Asuras* – the good and evil demi gods who were mortal enemies of one – another decided to put their enmity aside to achieve their common goal of immortality. In order to access Amrit –
In the city of Dwarka, there lived a nobleman, Satrâjit. He was a devotee of Sûrya, the sun God, who pleased with Satrâjit gifted him the Syamantaka gem. The gem’s specialty was that it could magically produce eight measures of gold everyday. Satrâjit soon became wealthy and the envy of every man in the kingdom.
Once upon a time, a fisherman came to Pandarpur to worship Lord Vittal (a form of Lord Vishnu). He had brought along with him two of the fishes that he had caught as an offering to the Lord. The guards and priests of the temple denied him entry. Their sentiments were hurt for a dirty,