Baalgatha- Classic Stories for Children

Mahalaya and The Story of Karna

Listen to the classic tales of Akbar and Birbal

The Story of Dadhichi Rishi

Listen to this story from Pratham Books' Storyweaver Collection.

Festival fo Rakhi or Raksha Bandhan

Do you know why or how the festival of Pateti is celebrated? Listen to this story on Baalgatha Podcast to learn more.

The Lord of Death

Listen to this classic bedtime story for children about a Jackal and a Peahen. This story was originally translated into English by Flora Annie Steel. It has been revised by Amar Vyas and narrated by Sheerali Bjiu for gaatha story.

Baalgatha Podcast is back with a new season, new stories and new delightful moral tales. Listen to the story Mulla Naseeruddin and the Sultan's Horse.

This week we celebrate the anniversary of coronation of Chatrapati Shivaji. Listen to a story of his exploits - a tale of wit bravery and the guile that made him a brave warrior.

This is a story from our archives, originally published in 2017.

We bring to you a story from our archives, titled Two Goats Across a Bridge. Two goats decide to cross the bridge but no one wants to give way to the other and end up fighting on the bridge.

This is a story from the life of the Bodhisatta. Once a King decides to build a new palace, for which his workers decide to cut down a huge Sal tree. But a spirit resides in the tree, and it is worried that the younger trees that have grown around the big tree will also be destroyed int the process. He pleads with the King to spare the other trees. What does the King do? The moral of this story is that one should care for others- and that will not go in vain.

Today we bring to you an episode from Chants of India by Sriram, one of the shows from the gaatha story family of podcasts.  Akshay Tritiya festival falls in the months of April and May, Sun and Moon are said to be at their planetary best, also known as Akha Teej. This day marks the Birth anniversaries of Lord Parshurama (6th incarnation of Lord Vishnu) and Goddess Annapurna. Ganesh and Ved Vyas started writing Mahabharata on this day. It is said that the river Ganga descended from Heaven to Earth on this day. Kuber was blessed by Goddess Lakshmi and he was made treasurer of the Gods. In Jainism- Lord Adinath (first Tirthankar's) celebration occurs on this day.  This podcast is produced by gaatha story and you can listen on Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and other fine sites and apps where you listen to your favourite shows. Music: Sitar by Leonardoarena. You can visit https://indianchants.xyz to learn more about Chants of India by Sriram.

Today we bring to you a story from our archives: the first ever Baalgatha story that we had published three years ago! Chimpu and the Crocodile is a Panchatantra story of a monkey and the crocodile. The crocodile wants to catch Chimpu the monkey because his wife wants to eat his heart. But will he be successful? Or will Chimpu escape? Listen to this story to learn more. Moral of the story is : Beware of fair weather friends.  You can subscribe to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Castbox, Hubhopper, Radio Public, Storiyoh, Tunein, Stitcher, and many other fine websites and apps where you listen to podcasts. If you have any comments or feedback, you can write to us at contact@gaathastory.com.