Folktales For Kids

Christmas Day: Christmas Folktale “Boys,” said Mrs. Howard one morning, looking up from a letter she was reading, “I have had a letter from your grandmamma. She writes that she is returning to England shortly.” The boys went on with their breakfast without showing any great amount of interest in this piece of news, for they had never seen their …

एक गधे से दिन भर धोबी खूब मेहनत का काम लेता और रात को चरने के लिए खुला छोड़ देता था। घूमते-घूमते उसे एक सियार मिला और दोनों में अच्छी दोस्ती हो गई। सियार ने कहा, तुम चिता न करो, हम मिलकर रहेंगे तो खूब मौज करेंगे। तुम्हारे सारे दुख दूर हो जाएंगे। सचमुच सियार की दोस्ती में गधा अपने …

पत्नी ने कहा: “आज धोने के लिए ज्यादा कपड़े मत निकालना…” पति: “क्यों”? उसने कहा: “अपनी काम वाली बाई दो दिन नहीं आएगी…” पति: “क्यों”? पत्नी: “गणपति के लिए अपने नाती से मिलने बेटी के यहाँ जा रही है, बोली थी…” पति: “ठीक है, अधिक कपड़े नहीं निकालता…” पत्नी: “और हाँ! गणपति के लिए पाँच सौ रूपए दे दूँ उसे? …

जैसे को तैसा: एक स्थान पर जीर्णधन नामक लड़का रहता था। धन की खोज में उसने परदेस जाने का विचार किया। उसके घर में विशेष सम्पत्ति तो थी नहीं, केवल एक मन भर भारी लोहे की तराजू थी। उसे एक महाजन के पास धरोहर रखकर वह विदेश चला गया। विदेश से वापस आने के बाद उसने महाजन से अपनी धरोहर …

चतुर सुनार: एक समय की बात है – एक राजा था, जिसे अपने बुद्धिमान होने का बड़ा घमंड था। उसका विशवास था कि पूरे राज्य में एक भी ऐसा नही है, जो उसे धोका देकर साफ़ निकल जाए। एक दिन यह बात उसने मंत्रियों से कही। सबने हकमी भर दी, सिवाय एक के। राजा को बड़ा आश्चर्य हुआ। “क्या तुम …

सर्वप्रथम श्री गणेश जी की पूजा: Our devotion gets redoubled when we find Ganapati available in the home or temple. We all have special and dedicated reverence towards Ganapati. The Hindu people across the world (specially India) do worship this omnipresent God first. Though the people of the world do worship this powerful elephant headed God first, very rare numbers of …

गणेश जन्म: हिंदी पौराणिक कथा – Lord Ganesha is one of the most widely worshiped deities in the Hindu Patheon. Ganesha is widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles and more generally as Lord of Beginnings and Lord of Obstacles (Vighnesh (विघ्नेश, विघ्नेश्वर)), patron of arts and sciences, and the deva of intellect and wisdom. Ganesha has been represented with the …

How Ganesha came to have Elephant Head: When the Gods lived on the earth, Lord Shiva – Mahadeva, the Lord of All, lived on the highest peak of the Himalayas. With him lived his wife, Goddess Parvati. They had no child. For thousands of years they lived there, looking down upon the entire world, which lay at their feet. But …

Birth of Lord Krishna: Krishna was born in a tense historical period proceeding a devastating war. The warring factions built up so many weapons that the burden on the earth became unbearable. Finally the goddess of Earth took the form of a cow and prayed to Lord Brahma for relief. Lord Brahma called all the demigods to the shore of …

Krishna and Poor Cowboy: Krishna was a very poor boy. He lived in the village with his mother. His father was dead. When Krishna was five-year-old, his mother sent him to school. The road seemed very long. Krishna thought he had lost his way. He went on and on, till he saw the other village boys going to school. He …