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The 18 Puranas (meaning - ancient things) and itihAsas (meaning - history) are have very rich accounts of ancient happenings. In this section the excerpts of some of these stories are presented in a simplified form.

1. மத்ஸ்யபுராணக் கதைகள்     PDF
2. Lord shiva appearing as Fire pillar and brahma, viShNu searching the ends of It
3. Goddess shakti becoming a half into Lord shiva
4. The story of dakshNamUrthi
5. Drinking the terrific poison and saving the worlds
6. Lord shiva wearing Crescent to the head
7. Lord destroying the rite of daksha - The story of vIrabhadrar
8. Establishing devotion in the heart of sages of dArukAvana
9. Buring the kAma (lust) to ashes
10. Burning the tripurAsuras
11. Blessing arjuna with pAshupatAstra
12. Wedding pArvati
13. Protecting mArkaNDeya from death
14. Cutting the head of daemon jalandhara
15. Giving sudarshana disc to mahAviShNu
16. Ripping away the elephant daemon
17. Holding Ganges on the head
18. Dance of God
19. mahAviShNu getting manmata as the son

Having read the stories of Lord shiva, don't you want to read the stories of Lord shiva's devotees. Read through the Life of nAyanmAr andOther Devotees.

Plays of God - thiruviLaiyADal purANam