Stories from Hindu mythology, told for the whole family.
Read or listen to the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and the tales of Krishna, Shiva and the Goddess, in English and Hindi.
43 stories, and more on the way
The Ramayana and the Mahabharata told chapter by chapter, from Rama's birth to Diwali and from Bhishma's vow to Yudhishthira's dog, alongside the best-loved short tales.
Ramayana
12 chapters
Mahabharata
13 chapters
Krishna's childhood
3 stories
Shiva and his family
3 stories
The Goddess
2 stories
Avatars of Vishnu
4 stories
Devotees and sages
6 stories
Read along, or close your eyes and listen
- Every paragraph lights up as it's read aloudTap any paragraph to start from there. Katha remembers where you stopped.
- English and हिंदीOne switch changes the stories, the app and the narrator's voice.
- Gentle enough for bedtimeThe hard parts of the epics are there, but told the way you'd tell them to a child.
- More for older listenersEvery story ends with its sources, the places where traditions differ, and what it has meant to people.
- A short quiz after each storyThree questions to see who was really listening.
Free to start. Katha Plus for every chapter.
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Free
No sign-up needed
- Every short story
- The first 3 chapters of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata
- Narration with your phone's voice
- Any locked chapter for 24 hours after one short ad
- A small, child-safe ad while browsing
Katha Plus
Monthly or yearly
- Every chapter of both epics
- Studio narration in Hindi
- No ads anywhere
- Helps us write and record new stories
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How we tell these stories
From the classical sources
Our retellings follow the Valmiki Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata and other Puranas. When a well-known detail comes from later tradition, like Shabari tasting the berries or the Lakshmana Rekha, we say so.
With care for children
Battles and curses are part of these stories, and we keep them, without the gore. Ads are always child-safe, never personalised, and never interrupt a story.
Without tracking
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