Nāyaṉmārs stories for children

Stories from Nāyaṉmārs, laid out to read aloud. This page is generated from stories that have already passed Sandhya Katha's publication gate.

What “with sources” means here. Every story below names the work and passage we checked, carries age guidance, and says when the tradition is variant, regional or oral instead of smoothing those differences away.

3 published stories

The Temple Nobody Could See Periya Purāṇam · Pūsalār Nāyaṉār Ages 5+ · regional tradition A poor man builds a temple entirely in his head. On the day it is finished, a king has to move his own festival. Read the sourced telling → Nandanār and the Bull Periya Purāṇam · Tiru Nāḷaippōvār Nāyaṉār Purāṇam Ages 8+ · regional tradition He made the drums the temples played on, and was never allowed in to hear them. At Tiruppuṅkūr the stone bull is in the way. Read the sourced telling → The Second Mango Periya Purāṇam · Kāraikkāl Ammaiyār Purāṇam Ages 7+ · regional tradition Two mangoes came to the house. She gave one away. Now her husband is home and wants the second one, and it is very good. Read the sourced telling →

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