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Purayan

Purayan marries Travel, Mythology and Culture.

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S3E7 - Antarctica

Purayan ·

2022/07/16

Norse myths of creation, various realms and a story which chills the bones and makes us ever so curious…

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00:05:59

S3E6 - Atlantic Ocean & Atlas

Purayan ·

2022/04/24

A journey from Atlantic Ocean to Greece to USA ! In this episode we take this extensive travel and dive deep into the Atlantic Ocean and find why this ocean was named so!

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00:04:30

S3E5 - Mexico and the story of the National flag of...

Purayan ·

2022/04/16

Today we dwell in one of the mystical places, a place which was called home by two of the world’s most mystic and powerful civilisations - The Aztecs and The Mayans.And the place we discuss is Mexico!!! And as in this season we are talking about the etymology of places, we today talk about the etymology of Mexico. As Aztecs were the ones who had an empire so the naming can be majorly attributed to them but we will also look at certain interesting facts during our journey. Legend has

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00:05:53

S3E4 - Djibouti and the story of Nut and Thoth

Purayan ·

2022/03/28

The setting of the story is when a year had only 360 days and Thoth gambled 1/72 parts of lustige from moon to add the extra 5 days to the year!!!

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00:03:41

S3E3 - Ireland and the story of Eriu

Purayan ·

2022/03/23

A story of how Ireland got its name and how mythological beings & their invasions shaped the name of the country!

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00:07:05

S3E2 - Zambia Zambezi and a folklore

Purayan ·

2022/03/21

A story which tells you about the incredible mythological story behing the country #zambia and how a modern day construction stirred these beliefs up. Also an amazing and gruesome story of the disappearance of people and their sad fate and a few unexplained phenomenon!!

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00:03:37

Mythological Passport Introduction

Purayan ·

2022/03/02

#mythology #introduction #cool #etymology #history. Hello there and welcome back after a break. Hope you all are doing great. Hope that in this year, we will be finally able to move out of our confines and travel just like pre-pandemic times. In the first season, Mythological Rainbow, we had talked about how various cultures have different names for the same concepts and how they are so similar despite being separated by thousands of miles. In the second season, Mythological Medley, we had

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00:03:07

S2E7 Karma is a b****

Purayan ·

2021/10/23

“To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” Why the third and in all likelihood the most famous and misinterpreted law of Newton to start the episode? Well because we treat a concept which sums this up exactly with respect to society. Karma is a…..!!! Well what follows next is purely based on your experience. Do you now see why we started with the third law? It can be an angel or a devil incarnate depending on your cause/deed. And keeping in mind that we are not in the minds ape

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00:01:29

S1E2 Janus and Ganesh

Purayan ·

2021/10/18

Today we talk about the God of beginnings in Indian and Roman mythology and how they are so very similar!! Intrigued? Listen to find out more!!

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00:03:20

S1E1 Halloween and Choti Diwali

Purayan ·

2021/10/18

Did you know that the reason for celebration of Halloween and Choti Diwali has a strange similarity? Listen to the podcast to discover more

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00:02:41

S2E6_Buttering

Purayan ·

2021/10/09

In today’s episode let us fly over the natural no fly zone of the world… Surprised? Lest someone is left wondering, we will not leave you to guess the place. It is Tibet, the highest table lands of the world and a natural region which airlines avoid… The reason for that May surprise you as it is much lesser in height than the Everest or many mountain ranges over which flights ply regularly. Would be interesting if you can comment why you it is so. However why Tibet? Because here we have a very

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00:03:33

S2E4 - Arachnophobia and Mythology

Purayan ·

2021/10/09

Why did we select a phobia today? Let’s try to get to the answer through the story!! Most of our generation has either read Harry Potter books or watched the movies and many, self included have done both… Most of the generation has been some way of the other been influenced by the stories. One of the scariest parts, if you remember, was the one scene where Aragog, a giant spider and Harry come face to face. And later an army of spiders attack Harry and Ron. Despite the fact that the spider is on

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00:02:00

S2E5 - A clue this time

Purayan ·

2021/10/02

Kaustav : I want to give you a clue as to what we discuss today! It has to do with Minotaur and Theseus slaying the monster!! Sarvesh : ahh you want to talk about the labyrinth and how Deadelus and Icarus created the labyrinth. I know this story and in fact we already discussed about this in Season 1. Kaustav : I did think you would say so, but believe it or not despite Deadalus being an immensely fascinating character. I want to discuss about something much simpler!! A simple word that we use

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00:02:44

S2E3 Ghar Ka Bhedi Lanka dhaye

Purayan ·

2021/09/19

घर का भेदी लंका ढाये In the episode today we travel to the mythology of Ravan and Ram from the Indian Epic of Ramayan. To bring a bit of relatability let me take you back to the corporate lives that we all are leading. Almost all of us sign a non-compete agreement and these are even more pertinent as further up towards the pyramid you are. Imagine one fine day you have had enough and decide to join a competitor firm. Now with all the inside working in your mind and with all the contacts you are

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00:05:05

S2E2 - Every dog has his day

Purayan ·

2021/09/14

We were thrilled and overwhelmed with the love that has been showered across platforms and the responses that we have received has fueled us furthermore to take our research wrapped in stories ahead. In the last season we have seen the entire spectrum of light in search of the one true light. Hope our search would have inspired many of your searches for the oneness and harmony in your lives as well. In this season we will look at how mythological references have shaped certain phrases in our

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00:04:43

S2E1 - The legend of Fever!!

Purayan ·

2021/08/29

This episode deals with how the term fever in itself has a deeply mythological root as per mythology followed across India irrespective of the region you are in. We start our journey with the beautiful language Tamil.

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00:02:11

Season 2 Introduction

Purayan ·

2021/08/13

Welcome to Season 2. The video will give a sneak peek into what is in store for the next 7 weeks. It will deal with Mythology and Languages

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00:01:36

S1 Conclusion

Purayan ·

2021/07/04

Let us sum up the entire season..Looking at the various spectrum of light and mythology..

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00:02:14

S1E7 The Last Journey

Purayan ·

2021/06/26

This episode deals with the last journey any human takes! But the tone is not morbid at all. Neither is the way we have dealt with it! Don’t believe us? Listen and comment your view!!!

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00:01:46

S1E6 - The Great Flood

Purayan ·

2021/06/19

Did you know that the Great flood is present in multiple mythologies across the world and Noah is not the only one but one of many such mythological characters?

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