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11 questions linked to/from Brahmanda Purana English translation
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Complete English translations of Puranas
Some English translations of Puranas can be found online here:
Vishnu purana
(a) Garuda purana (abridged)
(b) Garuda purana (full)
Bagavata Purana
(a) Shiva Purana (b) Online proofread edition
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What is the story behind lord Ganesha's broken tusk?
In many idols of lord Ganesha, I saw that the left tusk is broken.
Credit: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/64.102
What is the story behind that broken tusk? Does it signify something?
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Is the complete English translation of the Padma Purana available online?
The Padma Purana is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, and it includes many important things, including a retelling of the Ramayana, a religious dialogue between Shiva and Parvati known the Shiva Gita, ...
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What is the story of Lord Parashurama getting his axe from Lord Shiva?
As most of us know that Lord Parashurama got his axe (Parashu) from Lord Shiva. Same story is mention in wikipedia as:
Parashurama, a Brahmin, received his famous axe after undertaking terrible ...
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How many sons did Kesari have, other than Sri Hanuman?
Shuka, Ravana's aide, describes the individual strengths of the various commanders in the army of monkeys, mentioning their names one by one, in detail, in Yuddha Kanda of Srimad Ramayana.
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Why is sage Bhrigu called the son of Varuna the ocean god?
The Taittirya Upanishad makes up the seventh, eighth, and ninth Vallis (sections) of the Taittirya Aranyaka of the Yajur Veda. The last of these three Vallis is called the Bhrigu Valli, and this how ...
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How is Queen Sumati, the younger wife of King Sagara of Ikshwaku dynasty related to Suparna a.k.a Garuda?
Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Khanda says, that King sagara of Ikshwaku dynasty had two wives. The elder wife of King Sagara is referred as Kesini, daughter of King of Vidarbha . Asamanja, was born to her. ...
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What scriptures describe the story of Vishnu's Ranganatha statue?
As I discuss in this answer, the oldest Vishnu statue in the world, and probably the oldest Hindu statue in the world, is the famous Ranganatha statue in Sri Rangam. The story of Ranganatha goes ...
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What form of Shiva is Shambhu in the Shakta worldview?
Sri Vidya is a Shakta sect which believes that the goddess Lalita Tripurasundari is supreme. Now the Varivasya Rahasya is a work by the 18th-century Sri Vidya philosopher Bhaskararaya explaining the ...
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Where is the story of Upilliappan in the Brahmanda Purana?
Most people only know about the Venkateshwara form of Vishnu (AKA Balaji or Srinivasa) in connection to the deity of the world-renowned Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple in Tirupati. But that is not the ...
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Apart from Divya Prabandam scriptural references to Thiruthangal Nindra Narayana Perumal Temple
The ever merciful Lord Narayana (Mahavishnu) is dedicated to His true devotees. Tales abound of Him personally coming to bless, serve and / or relive his devotees of their problems.
He took on the ...
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