He ordered to check all the fruits, and from all fruits came out a fine ruby. One day while handling the fruit, it broke and from the pop came out a handy ball of a ruby. King Vikramaditya used to hand over the fruit to the royal storekeeper. Among such visitors was a mendicant who presented the king with fruit on every visit. The King used to accept all the gifts with the same courtesy. Every day many visitors used to visit the king and gift him something. He was brave, fearless, and with a strong will. He had immense love for learning as well as for adventure. Vikramaditya was a great king who ruled over a prosperous kingdom from his capital at Ujjain. These are spellbinding stories told to the wise King Vikramaditya by the witty ghost Betaal. Vikram Aur Betaal is based on ‘ Betaal Pachisi‘, written in the 11th century by Kashmiri poet Somdev Bhatt. Islam Q&A: The Prophet’s dream about marrying ‘Aa’.3.26 Vikram Aur Betaal Episode 26 – “The Revenge of Nagin “ Summary of Vikram Aur Betaal.Ruling on swearing by the Prophet (peace and bless.Florence Nightingale: the Lady with the Lamp.When She Passed by Me by Rabindranath Tagore.Islam Q&A: Verses and hadeeth about hijab.The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 185.City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple.White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-cen.The Age of Kali: Indian Travels and Encounters by.When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S.The One Who Did Not Ask (Dastak Naa Do) Altaf Fatima.Eastern Philosophy of Love – in a nutshell:.Short Story: The Brahman's Wife and the Mongoose.My Comments: The Brahman's Wife and the Mongoose.Open Letter / Monologue: Schizophrenia or Reality?.Awareness: The Key to Living in Balance / Osho.Monologue: Mister Cuckoo is extremely sick.Let's go to the movies: Chok Dee: The Kickboxer.Let's go to the movies: Ong-Bak - The Thai Warrior.Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt.Soooooooooooo - are you Betty or Veronica? :-).Let's go to the movies: The Last Castle.
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The stories thus narrates by Betal, the Vampire forms an interesting series of fairy tales. And at the end of every story it compells king Vikram to solve the puzzle of the story, thus breaking his silence. As soon as Vikram attempts to fetch the corpse in which the vampire Betal was residing, the vampire starts to narrate a story. The condition is that the king should bring the vampire in complete silence, lest Betal, the vampire will fly back with the corpse to its abode. Legend has it that King Vikramaditya (Vikram), the emperor of Ujjain promises a monk to bring Betal, the vampire as a fovour promised to him. The stories of Vikram and Betal, originally written in sanskrit, have been an integral part of Indian fairy tales for many centuries. The legend says that King Vikramaditya, in order to fulfil a vow, was required to remove a corpse of betaal from a treetop and carry it on his shoulder to another place in silence.Įnroute, the spirit of Betaal (in the corpse) used to narrate a story to the king and after completing the story Betaal would pose a query that if he (The king) knew the answer, was bound to respond lest he will break his head into thousand pieces.īut if he does speak out, he would break the vow of silence and Betaal would fly back to the treetop, leaving the king inches short of his destination! The king would go after the vampire and start all over again.