Epics of India - Vinay Kalvacherla

Sati was happy with Shiva. Her road to marriage was difficult and laden with obstacles. She had fallen in love with Shiva at a young age, and had fixed her eyes on him for marriage. Her father, Prajapathi Daksha, was a strict devotee of Vishnu, and would not accept Sati's proposals. At the end, Shiva himself had come to take Sati as his bride, and Daksha had no choice but to accept. He did not confer his blessings on the marriage, but Shiva and Sati were satisfied nonetheless. And now news had just come to Sati that her father was holding a yagna , a holy sacrifice, and had invited all the gods and celestials except Sati and Shiva. Sati felt a little embittered about it, but decided she would go uninvited anyway. "A daughter can go to her own father's house uninvited," Sati replied when Shiva tried to object. "I'm sure that's why my father didn't extend an explicit invitation to us." But the reality was vastly different. Shiva stayed behi...

Shiva is described to keep mostly to himself - he is an introvert who lives on Kailash  Sati is described as the perfect wife - her martyrdom is something I'm already familiar with  Could easily write this story from the perspective of the Goddess and dramatize it Uma was born to Himavantha, and is also the pious wife of Shiva; she is Sati reborn to a more accepting father  An image of Goddess Sati immolating herself upon hearing her father slander her husband. Source.   Biblography:  "Cradle Tales of Hinduism," by Sister Nivedita.  Source. 

Shiva refers to Vishnu as "child," and he is the God of Gods Sati wanted to marry Shiva, but her father Daksha was a strict devotee of Vishnu She goes to her own house for the sacrifice after Shiva was uninvited - but to her doom  Next story should be written on Sati  Sati immolated herself, angering Shiva, who wreaked havoc on the world and on Daksha Sati was reborn as Uma (Parvati) Tiger-Foot: a pious saint who prayed to have hands and feet of a tiger from Shiva  Shiva danced in the forests of Taragam and beat the heretical gurus in their acts The churning of the ocean: the gods and asuras worked together to try and retrieve the nectar of immortality; many obstacles came out of the ocean in the process, but Shiva helped overcome them  He drank the poison that came out of the ocean, causing his throat to turn blue  Birth of Ganga: wrote a story in my Storybook about this  A picture depicting the churning of the ocean by the Gods an...