51 Lesser Known Tales From the Mahabharata by Sharath Komarraju have a lot of stories that I never heard and few are known. The tales are not only from Mahabharata, but it also has stories from Ramayana and other Puranas t.
How many of you know that Satyavati, wife of Shanthanu was a princess born to king Uparichara who has her to the fisherman. There is tory how Jarasantha was born. Barbarika, son of Gadolkacha may have ended the war in a minute if he has participated in it. The story of blinding of Shukracharya related to Bali's story. There are 7 Chiranjeevi's in this world. There are stories about Yaksha, Kinnara, Kimpurushas and Gandharva. Everyone knows Amba was reborn as Shikandi but here the story is narrated as Shikandi is daughter to Amba and Drupad.
This was really interesting. My favourite genre is mythology. A lot of unknown stories, some from a different perspective. In olden days there were no writing forms and the stories and knowledge were transferred as slogans so we get different sort of additional facts with a different perspective. There are lot of interesting stories to known from this. I really suggest you guys to read this book.
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