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King of the Blink

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist If you travel to Lucknow, it is possible that you will pass a forest known by the name of Naimish-aranya, the forest of…

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Published December 12, 2019 · 3 min read
king of the blink

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist

If you travel to Lucknow, it is possible that you will pass a forest known by the name of Naimish-aranya, the forest of King Nimi, on the banks of the river Gomti. This forest is where the stories of the eighteen Mahapuranas, and the epics Mahabharata and Ramayana were narrated by story-tellers to sages.

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