#amar chitra katha

[bitxhbanana]

this is an amar chitra katha appreciation post

[prettykittytanjiro]

✨Jaydrath = ew✨

Why, you ask?

Lemme show u, its hilarious

These are titles of ACK comics-

Aniruddha

BELOVED GRANDSON OF KRISHNA

Uloopi

THE NAGA PRINCESS WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH ARJUNA

Bhanumati

THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF KRISHNA

Draupadi

THE DUSKY FIREBRAND

Pretty normal, right?

and then... there's this guy:

Jayadratha

RETOLD FROM THE MAHABHARATA

THE DUDE'S SO BORING AND STUPID THE EDITORS DIDNT EVEN GIVE HIM A DESCRIPTION-

Nah that's just hilarious and he most definitely deserves it 💀

[shipperboi]

I'm so so touched by the amount of love people have shown on my post of Kerala Miku - I'm going to make a little Onam doodle of Kerala Miku as a bit of thanks! Seeing everyone enjoying my South Indian art so much made me want to post the art I've had for AGES of my OCs for a Hinduism inspired South Indian fantasy setting. So if that sounds like your jam - have look below!

Here is my (currently unnamed OC) "Gaada Girl." She's a warrior in training who likes to hit things with her mace first and ask questions later. She may not be very booksmart, but she's as strong as an ox and just as stubborn. No matter what, she will always protect those who cannot protect themselves.

Taking name suggestions if anyone has any!

[sivavakkiyar]

Sikhandin, from Amar Chitra Katha

[ihonestlydunnowhattocallmyself]

Tinkle Comics!

Where the hell is the Tinkle Comics community! They're Indian-based magazine comics made for children. I keep trying to find a community for them but never could!

[sarayu-sunrays]

Amar chitra Katha. That's it. That's the post. Just Amar chitra katha.

Reblog with what your favourite comic was from them, mine was the rani abbakka one 😗

[iworshipsappho]

suppandi was my first blorbo. he is just a guy™️

[panzerwiesel]

[nothingbysomebody]

[edward-nb]

The Dhammapada, a book of Buddhist sayings and stories dating back to the 3rd Century BCE, confirms this! In verse 397, it tells the story of Uggasena the Acrobat (sometimes called Ugrasena), famous for his flips.

(The story was later retold in the Amar Chitra Katha comic series:)

In the story, Uggasena is preparing to do fourteen somersaults on the top of a pole, only to find upon finishing that the Buddha has drawn the crowd.

Concluding that if the Buddha is somehow more interesting than fourteen flips in a row, Uggasena resolves to open himself up to enlightenment.

[pratignya18]

Never-ending tales

Do you remember your favorite book from childhood? The first series of books we had at home was the Amar Chitra Kathas. ACK is an Indian publication and they used to print comics based on Indian Mythologies, so they had the entire series of stories from Ramayana and Mahabharatha and stories of national heroes and stories from the Panchatantra. Mum had picked up the series to encourage us to read…

[ersahtz]

Mahabharata - A 21st century retelling

Author’s Note: The Mahabharata is a legendary epic. Whatever your religious beliefs are, if you have any appreciation for a good story, you will admit that that the Mahabharat does not disappoint. Now, I’m not exactly Hindu, but I do know a good deal about it. I grew up reading Amar Chitra Katha and I regularly enjoy shocking people with how much I know as a non-religious person. This Ganesh…

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

hes a silly guy

[sivavakkiyar]

Abhimanyu, from Amar Chitra Katha

[triviareads]

There's a part of the Mahabharata where Arjuna is cursed by an apsara who he spurns to essentially be neither man nor woman, or take on a more feminine aspect in some versions. During this time, he is taught by Krishna to use this to his advantage so he disguises himself as the dance teacher Brihannala. I was thinking about how I grew up reading stories like this (there are multiple instances of this, and gender is fluid in some cases) but I never really made the connection between this and modern queerness until fairly recently. My sister actually made this beautiful comparison between the movie and this portion of the Mahabharata— when Zakir Hussain is playing the tabla during Kid's training montage with the hijra community, she said it reminded her of Arjuna as Brihannala because Arjuna too was using music and the arts (because he was disguised as a dance teacher), something that is seen as feminine, as means of taking back their power against evil.

[vshushmshu]

starting b.r. chopra’s mahabharat after years of being afraid of the family tree .wish me luck chat