The epic tales of Lord Shiva are everyone's favourite. From his snowy abode on Mount Kailasa, Lord Shiva travelled far and wide, answering the prayers of his devotees. But he was often in disguise to ensure that his favours went only to the deserving. And so it was that he battled with the dauntless Pandava Arjuna, cast his net into the seas as he mingled with humble fisherfolk, and emerged from the sand to kick aside even the mighty Yama, god of death.
Anant Pai popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and creator of Indian comics, in particular the Amar Chitra Katha series in 1967, along with the India Book House publishers, and which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and biographies of historical characters. In 1980, he launched Tinkle, a children's anthology, which was started under Rang Rekha Features, India's first comic and cartoon syndicate, that lasted till 1998, with him as the Managing Director.
Today, Amar Chitra Katha sells about three million comic books a year, in English and more than 20 Indian languages, and has sold about 100 million copies since it inception in 1967 by Anant Pai, and in 2007 was taken over by ACK Media.
This book contained all the major achievements of the God of Gods, Lord Shiva. It also portrayed the various births of Shiva's wife, Parvati. It was good to see that Markandeya had conquered death, just the way Savitri did. While we get to know all the details about Shiva's divine plays in this book, I don't think the Gods would kick each other. Maybe Lord Shiva scolded Dharma Raja (Yama) for not listening to the boy's pleas. Overall, this book was excellent as it covered all the major details around Lord Shiva's blessings to His devotees.
Bholenath, as the good lord Shiva is also known, is surprisingly gentle and benovolent with his devotees (when you consider the fact that he is called the God of Destruction).
In this collection of short stories, he humbles the pride of the mighty Pandava Arjuna, solves a marital dispute with his beloved wife Parvati and saves his ardent devotee Markandeya from the child's prophesized death.
Thought it contains more stories. But still nice short stories. Good for seventh standard kids. Good naration. Amarchitra katha have good collection of mythological stories.
Growing up we read about the stories from such epics like Ramayana, Mahabharata through Amar Chitra Katha. The tradition continues in the new generation...
apparently these were a staple of being raised in nepal that i missed out on bc i moved to australia when i was two so now i have no choice but to read them all <3
From his snowy abode on Mount Kailasa Lord Shiva travelled far and wide, answering the prayers of his devotees. But he was often in disguise to ensure that his favors went only to the deserving.