Indian Folk Stories

Indian Folk Stories

Chimes Radio presents a collection of folk stories for kids from the land of India. Curated carefully from different parts of the country, we present some of the best folk tales from South India, North-East India, Western India and Northern India. Each of these story is laden with strong moral lessons for children that they will benefit from at an early stage. These folk stories for kids are the best way to teach them the right moral and soical values which will guide them for the rest of their lives.

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June 26, 2021 6 mins

It is a legendary Indian folk story. 

Once upon a time, a lion was trapped in a cage. He tried to escape but was unsuccessful. Finally, he saw a brahmin crossing the road and pleaded with him for help. First, the brahmin hesitated but on repeated requests, he agreed. But as soon as the lion was out, he pounced on the brahmin to devour him.

Brahmin was sorry for his foolishness that he trusted a wild beast. He pleaded with the lion ...

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It is a legendary Indian folk story. 

Once upon a time, Brahmadutt was the king of Benares. Bodhisatta was born as the son of the chief queen of Brahmadatta. On the day of his naming, Brahmadatta fulfilled the wishes of 800 Brahmins. Then Brahmadatta asked the Brahmins about the lucky traces of the son.

The Brahmins told the King that his son will become king after him and will rule all over India with his intelligence and 5 weapon...

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A South Indian Folk story. Read our stories in Hindi below.

Once there lived 10 businessmen in a village who all used to sell clothes for a living. One day after earning a lot of money they were returning back home but were attacked by a group of thieves in the jungle. The thieves were all armed but the businessmen had nothing but clothes. The thieves took everything away from them. The businessmen were just left with a pair of clo...

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A South Indian Folk Tale
This is the story of a poor beggar and his wife who managed to save enough to prepare some sweet laddoos that they had chanced to taste at one of their friend's house. And what follows is some really funny series of events which scares the whole village to bits.
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A South Indian Folk Tale


Once upon a time, there was a village landlord who with the blessings of a saint, came to be the owner of a super Ginnie. That Ginnie was amazing and would finish off any task assigned to him in minutes. This became the cause of concern for the landlord until his wife came to his rescue.

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A South Indian Folk Story

In a village named Uttara, there lived a priest named Kusalanatha along with his wife and six sons. He was well to do but due to some misfortune they started to have financial issues. The situation was so bad that the priest had to do extra chores for a living. He used to collect bamboo rice from the forest. One day he saw a serpent stuck in a small forest fire. As soon as he saves the serpent, it tried to...

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A North Eastern Folktale   This folk story for kids from the land of North East India, and specifically from the Khasi Tribe, tells the popular folklore about the secret behind peacock's colorful feathers. As per the legend, the peacock used to have normal grey colored feathers, and influenced by the prompting of his fellow birds, he took the flight to the sky to reach Ka Sngi. Ka Sngi - the sun goddess - kept the peacock with ...

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A North Eastern Folktale   This folk story for kids from the land of North East of India, and specifically from the Khasi Tribe, tells the popular legend behind the solar eclipse. While the sun is considered a god in most of the Indian subcontinent, people belonging to the Khasi tribe consider it as a diety "Ka Sngi" and believe it is a vicious tadpole that tried to fight with the sun goddess that causes the eclipse. If you...

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A Kashmiri Folktale

This folk story for kids from the land of Kashmir tells us about an instance where two friends who while in search of water, end up meeting a fairy and a lion. The lion then narrates the story of true friendship and gives a great moral lesson on how we should go about choosing our friends. 

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This is a South Indian folktale.   

This story is about a greedy farmer who decides to steal from the temple of their local diety and how he invites misfortune by his deeds until he corrects his mistake. This story teaches us a moral lesson to never to steal from anyone and always follow the righteous path. www.chimesradio.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/chimesradio/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vrchimesradio/ Twitter: htt...

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