Can anyone give me the entire timeline of Hindu mythology?

 In the Beginning:-

• There was nothing, other than primordial cosmic force - Brahman/Shakti.

Brahman/Shakti

• Then, from this cosmic force, primeval waters popped up.
• From which Vishnu came out, who is in eternal sleep.
• Every time he exhales, a new universe pops up.
• He also creates copies of himself for each universe.
• In each of these respective universes, he created Brahma, and then this Brahma created Shiva.

Trimurti

• Vishnu serves as the preserver of these universes, Brahma as the creator, and Shiva as the destroyer.
• Vishnu lives in Vishnuloka, or Vaikuntha, a realm above other Lokas.

Vishnu Loka

• Universe exists as long as Brahma exists, after Brahma dies, Vishnu recreates him and the cycle goes on.
• Hindu Units of Time:-
• Maha Kalpa - Brahma’s lifespan (1 Maha Kalpa/311 Trillion Human Years/100 Brahma Years)
• Parardha - 50 years of Brahma’s lifespan (1/2 of our 311 Trillion years - use the calculator to find)
• Kalpa - After each Kalpa, the universe will be destroyed by Shiva and recreated by Brahma (1 Kalpa = 4.32 Billion Years).
• 1 Kalpa = 14 Manvantara
• A Manvantara = Age of Manu, which is 71 Maha Yugas
• A Maha Yuga is the period of 4 Yugas :-
• Satya Yuga - The age of truth; gods, and mortals, casually interacted with each other.
• Treta Yuga - When the corruption of morality began
• Dwapara Yuga - Morality is much worse than in previous Yugas.
• Kali Yuga - The current age, when morality is worse
• 1 Yuga = 100,000 years
• Pralaya - A cyclic phenomenon of destruction, mostly in the form of flood, that occurs in Hindu Mythology.
• Brahma Pralaya - This Pralaya occurs at the end of every Maha Kalpa.
• Maha Pralaya - This Pralaya occurs at the end of every Manvantara.
• Prakri Pralaya - This Pralaya occurs at the end of every Maha Yuga.

Right after the creation of the Universe:-

• Since it’s Brahma’s duty to act as the creator, he immediately gets himself busy with the job he is assigned with.
• His initial creations include:-
• Saraswati - Goddess of knowledge, music, and arts, also a former river goddess (the supposed real-life Saraswati river dried up around the 3rd millennium B.C.) and a consort of Brahma. Since she is Brahma’s creation that literally means, she is his daughter, yet that didn’t stop Brahma from having intense desires for her, as Saraswati was getting uncomfortable, Shiva pointed out that it isn’t right to have desires for one’s daughter, yet again, Brahma wasn’t bothered about Shiva’s advise and refuse to consider Saraswati as his daughter, which created a lot of drama, that culminated in Shiva chopping off Brahma’s 5th head and he is ended up with only 4 heads, that he is famously associated with.

Saraswati

• Manasaputra - Mind-born children of Brahma, who are mostly primordial sages, Saptarishis of each Manvantara are selected from these Manasaputras.

A group of primordial sages, who are Manasaputra

Manasaputras also include some minor gods:-

• Angiras - A primordial sage, who married Daksha’s daughter, Smriti, and fathered Brihaspati (Guru of Devas and personification of Jupiter).
• Bhrigu - Another primordial sage who married two of Daksha’s daughters, Khyati and Paloma, with whom he fathered, Alakshmi (Goddess of Misfortune), Lakshmi (Goddess of luck and wealth), and Shukracharya (Guru of Asuras and personification of Venus).
• Chitragupta - Divine record keeper, who keeps the record of actions done by people, to judge their fate, based on their karma.
• Agni - Fire God

Agni, the Fire god

• Daksha - God of rituals and one who has many daughters, Daksha supplies them as brides for other gods and primordial sages, to give birth to many minor gods.
• and many more
• Mt. Meru - The most sacred mountain in Hinduism, that is double the circumference of the earth, all the lokas, or realms above the earth can be accessed by walking on this mountain, which is a difficult task for a mere mortal.

Mt. Meru

• Lokas, or realms - He also created different realms of existence and they are:-
• Satya Loka - or Brahma Loka, or the abode of Brahma.
• Tapa Loka - Realm of immortal beings, who possess higher spiritual knowledge and don’t crave material needs.
• Jana Loka - Realm of mortals who attained Moksha.
• Mahar Loka - Realm where great primordial rishis or sages live, whose powers and knowledge exceed that of some minor gods.
• Svarga Loka - A Realm on top of Mt. Meru, where deities like Devas (Indra, Vayu, Agni, Varuna) lives, along with Apsara, Gandharva, and many other beings exist.

Svarga Loka

• Bhuvar Loka - A realm of semi-divine beings, the Sun, the Moon, planets, and stars.
• Bhu Loka - Earth
• Atala Loka - A realm ruled by Bala, son of Maya, he is accompanied by some beautiful seductress and is surrounded by luxury.
• Vitala Loka - Inhabited by beings such as ghosts and similar creatures living along with, Ganas, who spend their time mining and collecting the gold.
• Sutala Loka - This is where Asura King, Mahabali lives, after he was banished from the Earth.
• Talatala Loka - This is where Maya, the Asura Architect dwells.
• Mahatala Loka - This where Nagas live.
• Rasatala Loka - Demon creatures like Danavas and Daityas live.
• Patala Loka - Nagas with hoods live here.
• Naraka or Yama Loka - The Underworld, ruled by the god of death and justice, Yama, he is accompanied by Yamdoots (Messengers of Death), who are mostly departed souls, along with various other creatures, whose job is to torment departed sinners, before his/her rebirth.

Naraka or Yama Loka

• Among his Manasaputra were the humans:-
• Svayambhuva Manu - First man and the first Manu of the first Manvantara (Manu is the title used for every first man of each Manvantara).
• Shatarupa - First woman, and Swayambhuva Manu’s wife, which is obvious.

Swayambhuva Manu and Shatarupa

• Primordial sage Kashyapa was responsible for the creation of most of the life on earth, and even the creation of divine beings.
• Kashyapa was the father of:-
• Cows
• Buffaloes
• Snakes
• Ferocious animals
• Plants
• Devas - Indra (God of Thunder), Varuna (Sea God), Surya (Sun God), and other minor gods.
• Nagas - Semi-divine human-serpent creatures
• Asuras - Arch rivals of Devas, they are demons who are further divided into two clans - Daitya and Danav.
• Apsara - Female celestial dancers who have the ability to seduce anyone, they are known for their beauty in all the realms.
• Gandharvas - Male celestial singers, who have the similar ability to seduce anyone, they are known for being handsome in all the realms.

Kashyapa, his wives, and his children

• As I said before, the demon Asuras are divided into two clans:-
• Daitya - They are illusionists.

A Daitya

• Danava - They are cannibals and slaves to Rakshasas.

A Danava

• Other Primordial sages also have some level of contribution to the creation of divine beings and gods.
• 5 Manus came after Swayambhuva Manu:-
• Swarochisha Manu
• Uttama Manu
• Tamasa Manu
• Raivata Manu
• Cakśuśa Manu
• Jaya and Vijaya’s Curse - Jaya and Vijaya are two gatekeepers of Vishnu Loka and they are very loyal to Vishnu, once while doing their job, Brahma’s 4 sons - The 4 Kumaras who resemble human children visit Vishnu Loka. Jaya and Vijaya confronted them and denied the permission to enter Vishnu’s world, as they taught they were just children, they were ignorant of the fact those 4 kids were learned men who are several eons older than them. Anyway, the 4 Kumaras got furious at their treatment of them, so they cursed both of them to be born as mortals on earth. Suddenly, Vishnu appeared and they both requested him to lift off the curse, but Vishnu replied he doesn’t have the ability to lift off Kumaras’ curse, but instead, they can opt for 2 options - either they can be born seven times on earth as Vishnu’s devotees or 3 times as his enemies, since Jaya and Vijaya finds it hard to separate from their lord so, they choose the second one.

Jaya and Vijaya getting cursed by Kumaras

After six Manvantaras :-

• It was time for another Maha Pralaya.
• Gods chose King Satyavrata of Dravida Kingdom of Southern India (who was the son of Surya, the Sun God, and his wife; Sanjana, Goddess of Clouds and Dusk) along with his wife, Shraddha, to be the next Manu, and survive this deluge.
• Satyavrata was given the title of Vaivasvata Manu (the Manu of current Manvantara).

Vaivasvata Manu praying to Vishnu as Matsya (the giant sentient fish)

• The Saptarishis (Seven Primordial Sages), that are going to accompany him would be, as usual, from among the mind-born children of Brahma, and they will be the representation of their father during this new Manvantara, this time they are:-
• Vashishta
• Kashyapa
• Atri
• Jamadagni
• Gautama
• Vishvamitra
• Bharadwaja
• There is also going to be a godly intervention - Vishnu made his first Avatar, Matsya, a giant fish, who is going to pull Manu’s ark through this deluge.
• This inevitable calamity has opened the opportunity for an Asura named, Haygreeva, to steal Vedas, but Vishnu took a form, identical to him, to defeat him.
• Vaivasvata Manu, built a giant boat, large enough to accompany him, his wife, Saptarishis, plants, and animals. Matsya made them safe throughout the journey.
• After the end of Maha Pralaya, the boat landed somewhere in the Himalayas. All of its passengers went on to repopulate the Earth.

Manu’s Ark, along with, Matsya, landed in the Himalayas.

• Thus, along with the new Manvantara, the new Satya Yuga (The Age of Truth), has also begun.

Satya Yuga:-

• The supposed golden age, when, gods interacted with humans and everyone was pretty close to having “ideal” qualities of being a man.
• Manu fathered several children with his wife, Shraddha and even Saptarishis had kids, who all went on to become the progenitors of mankind.
• One of Manu’s sons was, Ikshvaku, who founded the kingdom of Kosala, in Northern India, and also became the patriarch of Suryavanshi, or Solar Dynasty, one of the major royal dynasties in Hindu Mythology, the dynasty was named after Ikshvaku’s grandfather, Surya.
• There were various descendants of Suryavanshis, who went on to establish other kingdoms in India, in the future.
• Chandra, the moon god, married 27 wives, all were daughters of Daksha. These 27 sisters also represent constellations. Despite marrying all 27 of them, Chandra only loved Rohini (the goddess representing the Aldebaran constellation), which didn’t go well with her sisters, who complained about this to their father, who got furious and cursed Chandra, to deteriorate. To get rid of this curse, Chandra took the help of Shiva, who had advised him to perform a yagna (ritual), which he did, and in the end, he only had to endure that curse for 15 nights a month, from then on. This was the Hindu myth behind the full moon and new Moon.

An AI depiction of Chandra (this one is complete opposite of what i imagined him to look like)

• Shiva married Sati, daughter of Daksha, despite his disinterest, which lead to a long typical Bollywood-style drama, that, unfortunately, ended in Sati immolating herself in a ritual fire. This angered Shiva, who did a Tandava dance, that had almost destroyed the universe, but he was prevented by other gods. Meanwhile, Gana, Shiva’s soldiers, fought against Daksha and he was beheaded by Nandi, Shiva’s bull (who transformed into human form, during the battle), but later, Shiva replaced it with a goat head. From then on, Daksha lives with a goat head.

Sati immolating herself

• Sati got reincarnated as Parvati, daughter of Himavan (God of the Himalayas), when she grew up, she got married to Shiva. Himavan had no issues with his daughter getting married to a god who looks like a beggar.
• The Devasura War - A war that has been going on forever. There were occasional battles between Devas and their rival half-brothers, Asuras, which would shake the balance of the universe, and sometimes, even major gods had to get involved to save the day.
• Samudra Manthana - Sage Durvasa, cursed Indra and other Devas to become mortals. In order to save themselves from the curse, they had to churn the Amrita, from the ocean of milk in Vishnuloka, Amrita is the elixir of immortality, and drinking this elixir would dissolve their curse, but in order to do so, they had to use a mountain, named Mt Mandara, using Vasuki, Vishnu’s Naga, and for that, they had to take the help of their rival half brothers, Asuras.
• So Samudra Manthana began, but suddenly, Mt Mandara began to drown deep inside the ocean, Devas are now helpless, and Asuras refused to cooperate, So, Vishnu took his second avatar of a giant turtle, Kurma, to carry Mt. Mandara on its back, to prevent it from drowning again.

Vishnu as Kurma, carrying Mt. Mandara

• At last, Samudra Manthana was finished, Danvantari, the god of Ayurveda, popped up with a pot full of Amrita in his hand, but that was, immediately, stolen by Asuras, but, Vishnu took the form of a beautiful woman, Mohini, seduced the Asuras and gave the Amrita back to Devas.
• Also, Vishnu got married to Lakshmi, after this.
• Conflict between Asuras and Devas continues, and things started to get worse with the rise of Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu, two dangerous asuras, who got the power to threaten the cosmos, due to their long penance for their, great-grandfather, the creator god, Brahma.
• Hiranyaksha Crisis - He was Jaya’s first incarnation on earth, he conquered all three important Lokas - Devlok, Bhulok, and Patal Lok. Since he conquered Bhuloka (Earth), that means, he had imprisoned Bhu Devi (Goddess of Earth), under primeval waters. Vishnu took his third avatar, Varaha (the boar), to defeat him, as his powers aren’t immune to the boar. Eventually, Varaha rescued Bhu Devi and killed the asura.

Vishnu as Varaha killing Hiranyaksha

• Hiranakashipu Crisis - Hiranyaksha’s death angered, his brother, Hiranakashipu (Vijaya’s first incarnation), and he swore to take his revenge against Devas and Vishnu, he has the unique power of being the most powerful being and being immune towards gods, animals, and humans, from killing him. He destroyed all Vishnu temples, killed all Vishnu devotees, he even attempted to kill his son, Prahlad, who was a devout Vaishnavite. But, Vishnu took his fourth avatar, Narasimha (man-lion), in order to kill this demon, as the great asura isn’t immune to half-man half animals).

Vishnu as Narasimha killing Hiranakashipu

• Mahabali Crisis - After the death of Hiranyakashipu, Prahalad became the king of Asuras, he was replaced by his son, Virochana and he was replaced by his son, Mahabali, who other than being kind, righteous, and a staunch Vishnu devotee, was also a great favourite, who conquered both Bhu Loka and Svarga Loka, which kept the Devas in turmoil, so Indra requested Vishnu to kill him, which Vishnu, for obvious reasons refused, but he had other ideas, so he took his fifth avatar, Vamana (a dwarf Brahmin), a Brahmin born to Kashyapa and his wife, Aditi, Vamana went to Mahabali and asked him three steps of land, Bali being generous, that he was, gave him the gift. Suddenly Vamana began to transform into a colossal giant, who was able to keep his first foot on Earth and the other on Svarga Loka, now he asked where to keep his third foot, Bali, who now realized Vamana is his favorite god, Vishnu, himself, accepted the defeat and asked Vamana to step on his head, but Vishnu instead asked him to move to Satala Loka and take the sovereignty of that realm.

Vishnu as Vamana , banishing Mahabali

• Tarakamaya War - Chandra eloped with Brihaspati’s wife, Tara (Goddess of Happiness), this triggered a civil war among all the minor gods, one led by Brihaspati and the other by Chandra, even Asuras, joined the battle, fighting in Chandra’s side. This war led to the death of Mahabali’s father, Virochana and another Asura named Kalanemi also died. This war almost lead to the destruction of the universe, so Brahma interfered and requested Tara to return back to Brihaspati, to which she reluctantly agreed. Soon, Tara became pregnant with Chandra’s child and that child became, Budha (the god of Mercury).

Tarakamaya War (Chandra V/S Brihaspati)

• Budha went on to marry Ila (Ikshvaku’s daughter), and they had a son named, Pururavas, who ruled the kingdom of Prayaga and also became the patriarch of Chandravanshi, or Lunar Dynasty, a royal dynasty named in honor of his grandfather, Chandra.
• Just like Solar Dynasty, there were various descendants of the Lunar Dynasty too.
• There was a Suryavanshi (Solar Dynasty) king, Harishchandra, who ruled his ancestor Ikshvaku’s kingdom, he was known for being very kind and generous.

Harishchandra, a still from India’s first motion picture, Raja Harishchandra (1913)

• Satya Yuga ended with Harishchandra’s death.

Treta Yuga:-

• Supreme gods - Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu are tired, of taking care of the cosmos during Satya Yuga, now they went to take a nap.
• While taking the nap, Brahma woke up due to a bunch of creatures chewing and gnawing at him, turns out these creatures were formed out of Brahma’s bad breath and they would be called Rakshasa. Vishnu came to the rescue and banished these rakshasas to Bhu Loka and Patala.

Rakshasa

• In Bhu Loka (Earth), these rakshasas earned the notoriety of being man-eaters and responsible for causing destruction and havoc everywhere, they are also shape-shifters and illusionists, some had even chosen to mix with humans and demi-gods, instead of eating them.
• Children of Shiva and Parvati - Ganesha (God of wisdom and remover of obstacles) and Karthikeya (god of war) were born during this time.

• Descendants of Solar and Lunar Dynasties thrived in this era.
• Major Lunar Dynasty kings during this time was King Yayati, had conquered the whole world, whose children became progenitors of multiple Lunar Dynasty clans -
• Yadu - Patriarch of Yaduvanshi, or Yadu clan, a.k.a. Yadavas, Krishna was a Yadava.
• Turvasu - Patriarch of one of Mleecha (Barbarian) clans, their descendants include people living in Balochistan, Iran, and Yavanas (or Indo-Greeks).
• Druhu - Patriarch of another Mleecha clan, their descendants are believed to be an ancient Gandhara people group, who used to live around present-day Southern Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan. Shakuni was the king of Gandhara.
• Anu - Another patriarch, who was also cursed to become Mleecha, but at the same time received a boon that states his descendants will get salvation. He was the ancestor of Shibi, Kaikeyi, Savitri, Madra, Kekaya, Sauvira, Bali, Anga, Vanga, Kalinga and many more.
• Puru - Patriarch of the Puru dynasty, which includes Dushyant, his son Bharata, and his most notable descendant - the Pandava brothers.
• Major Solar Dynasty rulers in the early phase of this era were:-
• Mandhata - King of Kosala, who was also known, for his generosity like his ancestor, Harishchandra.
• Ambarisha - A king who had conquered the whole world in a week, Mandhata’s son.
• Bhagiratha - He did a long penance, because of which Ganga river was brought to Earth from Bhrama Loka.
• Sagara - Another important ruler of Solar Dynasty.
• Anshuman - Sagara’s grandson and Bhagiratha’s grandfather.
• Raghu - Patriarch of Raghuvansha (or Raghu Clan) of Solar Dynasty.
• The importance of the Kshatriya (warrior-royalty) caste, increased in this period, but some Kshatriya kings resorted to Adharma and began to oppress innocent people. Lord Vishnu took another avatar, as a Brahman son of sage Jamadagni and his Kshatriya wife, Renuka, named Parashurama.
• Once a Yadava-Chandravanshi king, Kartavirya Arjuna (Not Panadava brother, Arjuna), and his soldiers, came to the hermitage of Jamadagni, where he was served by Jamadagni’s magical cow, Kamadenu (who was Daksha’s daughter, Kashyapa’s wife and mother to all cows and buffaloes), impressed by the divine cattle, Arjuna ordered the sage to give his magical cow to him, but Jamadagni politely refused. A hermit sage refused a direct order of a Kshatriya of divine lineage, this was enough to shatter Arjuna’s pride, so he killed him and kidnapped Kamadenu.

Vishnu as Parashurama slaughtering Kshatriyas

• When Parashuram got to know about this news, he went apeshit, he immediately took his axe, which was given to him by Lord Shiva, and slaughtered Arjuna’s soldiers and in the end Arjuna himself, after which successfully retrieved Kamadenu from the clutches of the royal guards.
• Arjuna’s children went nuts after hearing about their father’s death, they vowed to take revenge, but unfortunately, for them, they were no match for Parashuram’s mighty axe, so they got murdered too. Parashuram went on a rampage to kill all Kshatriyas around India (including innocent ones), he carried an immense amount of sin on his head, fortunately, all he had to do was to conduct a yagna and please a bunch of Brahmins, to get rid of his sins (coz Hinduism being Brahmanism), some versions of the mythology states he only wiped out the evil Kshatriyas.
• Parashuram remained immortal and spent the rest of his eternity teaching worthy students.
• Meanwhile, Rakshasas are still tormenting the world, now they are led by their mighty king, Ravana (Jaya’s second incarnation), whose oppression has even affected the Svarga Loka, due to the boons that he had got from his great-grandfather, Brahma, and his favourite god, Shiva. He even conquered his half-brother, Kubera (God of Wealth)’s kingdom in the South, an island named, Lanka.

Ravana

• Ravana terrorized all the realms, along with his younger brother, Kumbhakarna (Vijaya’s second incarnation).

Kumbhakarna

• Realising that leaving Ravana alive would be dangerous to the cosmos, Vishnu took his 7th avatar, born as a Solar Dynasty prince of Raghu Lineage, in Ayodhya, the eldest son of King Dasharath, Rama.
• Brahma created Vanaras, monkey-like creatures to help Rama, in his mission. One of the famous Vanara was Hanuman, a spiritual son of Lord Vayu (God of Wind).

A Vanara

• Rama grew up, went on to slay a few Rakshasas, and married a fellow Solar Dynasty Princess of Videha, Sita. Then due to some crisis in the royal family, Rama, Sita, and his brother Lakshmana were exiled into the jungles, where certain situations, involving, Ravana’s sister’s nose being cut off, have led to Ravana kidnapping Sita.

Rama

• Battle of Lanka - Rama got upset and decided to try his best to rescue Sita from Lanka, he encountered Vanaras and requested their support in the upcoming battle, they even constructed a huge bridge to access the island of Lanka, from the peninsula. So, the battle began, with tons of casualties on both sides. But eventually, it ended in Rama’s victory, with Ravana getting killed in the end, along with his brother, Kumbhakarna. Rama asked Vibishana, Ravan’s righteous brother, to step in as the new king of Lanka. Sita was rescued and by that time, their exile’s duration was finished and they had to go back to Ayodhya, to rule as its rightful king and queen.

Battle of Lanka

• Also, Vibhishana and Hanuman were given immortality for their prime contribution to the battle.
• There is a whole other story about Sita, going through the chastity test, which I won’t discuss here.
• Anyway, later in their life, Sita went back to live with his actual mother, Bhu Devi, (Goddess of Earth), Rama had given the throne of his kingdom to his twin sons and he left to live his ascetic life, he drowned in a river, only to return to Vishnuloka as Lord Vishnu.
• Rama leaving the Earth realm, ended the Treta Yuga.

Dvapara Yuga

• Vanaras have gone extinct (or probably got mixed with humans, righteous rakshas, and righteous Asuras). Only Hanuman survived, as he gained immortality.
• An era where the torment of Rakshasas and Asuras was reduced, but it still exists, to an extent.
• But the torment caused by evil humans upon other humans increased, especially, tyrant kings oppressing their subjects, one such king was another Yadava-Chandravanshi ruler, Kamsa, king of Vrishni kingdom, with the city of Mathura as its capital, who was also found to be chilling with some deplorable Rakshasa, who were all serving under him.
• Vishnu had to take his 8th incarnation, as Kamsa’s nephew, Krishna, to destroy him. Meanwhile, Kamsa’s sister, Devaki married Vasudeva, a prince of another Yadava royalty. At the same time, there was some mysterious divine voice from the sky that warned Kamsa that his 8th nephew, that is, Devaki and Vasudeva’s 8th son, is going to kick his ass. Despite being a loving brother to Devaki, Kamsa couldn’t risk the birth of the 8th child and he immediately imprisoned the newlywed couple (and since they were a newlywed couple, they couldn’t resist but give birth to babies after babies).

Krishna

• Kamsa killed all 7 of their babies, but 8th one was rescued and sent to Gokula, where he will be raised by local chieftains, Nanda and Yashoda. When Kamsa came to kill the 8th child, he found the baby getting transformed into Durga, who told him, the chosen one was already born.
• So, Krishna spends his time growing up in Gokula with his friends. Meanwhile, Kamsa sends his Rakshasa friends, like Putana, Sakatasura, Vatsasura, Bakasura, and Dhenukasura to kill Krishna, but every time, they fail to annihilate the chosen one. Krishna also fought a Naga named, Kaliya, in the Yamuna river, in between all this drama.
• Once young Krishna also invited multiple variants of Brahma from other universes, to curb the arrogance of our universe’s Brahma.

Krishna and multiple Brahmas

• Krishna was also responsible for making the worship of devas like Indra irrelevant, as he encouraged the people of Gokul to worship a nearby Mt Govardhan instead, which angered Indra who tormented the innocent people of Gokul, by bombarding them with rains and storms and even tried to destroy the holy mountain, but Krishna made an end to Indra’s arrogance, by carrying Mt Govardhan with his fingers, saving people of Gokul from Indra’s wrath.

Krishna carrying Mt Govardhan in Gokul

• Anyway, during his teenage years, Krishna finally appeared in front of Kamsa and killed him. He grew up to become the king of the island city of Dwaraka, located somewhere in Sindhu Sagar (Arabian Sea), where he ruled peacefully for many years to come, with his army, Narayani Sena in his support, which was regarded as one of the most powerful armies in Bhu Loka.

Krishna killing Kamsa

• He also defeated his rivals from the fellow Yadava clan - Shishupala (the king of Chedi Kingdom) and Dantavakra (the king of Karusha), both are 3rd and final incarnations of Jaya and Vijaya.

Krishna killing Shishupala

• Krishna multiplied himself to be with his 16,000 girlfriends.

Krishna with his girlfriends

• Krishna’s demi-god cousins (from his father’s side), the Pandava brothers have been rivals with their paternal cousins, the Kauravas, since childhood. they are Lunar dynasty princes of the Kuru clan, based on Hastinapura.
• Pandava Brothers consisted of:-
• Yudhisthira - Spiritual son of Yama, the god of death.
• Bheema - Spiritual son of Vayu, the god of wind, therefore, the spiritual brother of Hanuman
• Arjuna - Spiritual son of Indra, the god of thunder
• Nakula and Sahadeva - Spiritual twin sons of Ashwin twins, gods of medicine

Pandavas

• Kauravas consisted of:-
• Duryodhana
• Dushasana
• and 98 others
• Pandavas had divine heritage, due to their mother, Kunti knowing a Mantra, that can summon gods, when she was young, she chanted this Mantra to summon Surya, the Sun god. Unfortunately for her, Surya took advantage and secretly gave her a baby son, born with an armour breastplate and earrings. She abandoned her son and he was later raised by Suta parents, (Sutas were lower castes who have Kshatriya descent from their father’s side and Brahmin descent from their mother’s side.) They named him Karna.

Karna

• Kauravas were born after a dead flesh, (which their mother gave birth to), was split into 100 pieces.
• Rivalry between Kauravas and Pandavas got worse, as they grew up, they also happened to encounter Karna, who Pandavas ostracised due to his lower caste heritage, but Duryodhana, chief Kaurava brother, welcomed him and even considered him as a friend, he even gave kingdom of Anga, for him to rule (that’s pretty great for a person born from a dead flesh).
• Karna was taught by Parashurama, who cursed him due to a misconception, he was later cursed by a random Brahmin and Bhu Devi on other occasions, for various stupid reasons, when he was young.
• Karna almost married Draupadi, but she refused due to his lower caste heritage. Instead, she married the Pandava brothers (yes, she married all 5 of them).
• Crisis among Kuru Princes - Things got worse between the cousins, after a dice game, between them, conducted by Kaurava’s maternal uncle, Shakuni, King of Gandhara, which led to Pandavas losing their political powers and privileges, even Draupadi was humiliated by removing her sari, in the courthouse. She was eventually saved by Krishna.

Kauravas humiliating Draupadi

• 14+1 Exile - Due to them losing the game, Kauravas banished Pandavas and Draupadi to the forest, as part of a 14-year exile and also ordered them to live in disguise for one year, in some random kingdom, to gain back their privileges, if they were found within the said duration, they have to repeat another 14+1 years of banishment. During their time in the jungle, they had a lot of adventures, Bheem met his spiritual brother, Hanuman, who agreed to stay along with him in an upcoming great war, Bheem once had a child with a Rakshas woman, his name was Ghatotkacha, he occasionally came and helped his father whenever he was in some problem. All Pandava brothers had a lot of adventures during this period.
• After 14 years, Pandavas decided to stay in incognito mode in Matsya kingdom, ruled by king Virata. Yudhisthira disguised as a Brahmin priest, Bhima as a cook, Arjuna as a transgender eunuch, Nakula as a horse caretaker, Sahadeva as a cow herder, Draupadi as a maid for the royalty.
• After successfully completing their 14+1 years of exile, they returned to claim their kingdom back, but stubborn Kauravas refused to give him the throne, now things would turn into an all-out war, and Krishna interfered to settle a peace talk between them, but failed. In between all this, Karna became aware of his true parentage and visited his real mother, Kunti, who asked him to fight for his brothers, but Karna couldn’t betray his best friend, he was indebted to him, but promised if the war broke out then he would never kill his brothers. In the end, war became inevitable, and Karna along with the Pandava brothers has the support of their spiritual godly fathers. Each and every kingdom of ancient India began to take sides between Kauravas and Pandavas, the battlefield will be in the holy city of Kurukshetra. Also, Krishna would act as a charioteer of Arjuna, while Krishna’s army, Narayani Sena will fight for Kauravas.
• Mahabharata War - The war at Kurukshetra, lasted for 18 days, there 1000s of soldiers, both used some of the most powerful weapons gifted by the gods, and a lot of folks died, which led to their kingdoms having a succession crisis, due to the death of their rulers. Karna died, but not before his brothers knew about the truth of his identity, they immediately regrated the way they had treated him. Other people who died were Ghatotkacha, Shakuni, Draupadi’s brother, Abhimanyu (son of Arjun and Subhadra, Krishna’s sister), Duryodhana and the entire Kaurava brothers. So, in the end, the Pandavas won the war, but their life wasn’t the same for them anymore, as they lost their own relatives in this great war, which might have caused them PTSD, i guess.

Mahabharat War

• Abhimanyu’s son, Parikshit, was alive, and he is declared the crown prince since all other princes died in the war.
• Pandavas ruled their Kuru kingdom for 36 years and Krishna died after a hunter mistook his leg for an animal. His Dwaraka got submerged by Sindhu Sagar (Arabian Sea). In the process, his entire Yadava clan nearly went extinct.

Krishna’s death

Kali Yuga

• Krishna’s death marked the beginning of Kali Yuga (Age of Darkness), it also coincided with the appearance of Kali, a demon who is the descendant of a long line of incestuous demons, who are literal personifications of negative aspects of humanity. Kali would try his best to devolve humanity into committing all kinds of sins. Also, he is the husband of Alakshmi.
• Saraswati River dried up.
• After 36 years, Pandavas renounced their throne and declared this Parikshit kid as the next king, All 5 brothers, along with Draupadi chose a life of asceticism, they went to the Himalayas, and then went climbing Mt. Mandara, in which Svarga Loka lies on top. One by one, they began to die, and all of them reached heaven (Svarga Loka), where they met their long-dead cousins, Kauravas and others who died in the war.
• Sarpa Satra - Parikshit went on to become a great king but was cursed to die, due to a snake bite caused by Nagas, for which his son, Janamejaya, took revenge and almost committed genocide against them, but he eventually stopped, when a half-human, half-Naga sage, Astika requested him to stop.

Sarpa Satra

• According to some sources, created by devout Hindus, who take this mythology seriously, Kali Yuga started in and around 3000 B.C. and it continues.
• Some Immortals, or Chiranjeevi, still live, among mortal humans, during this era:-
• Ashwatthama - Drona’s son, who sided with Kauravas during the Mahabharata War, knowingly launched Brahmastra, to kill, Abhimanyu’s unborn baby, which angered Lord Krishna, and caused him to curse to live a long life, but, have to suffer from different kinds of incurable diseases and eternal pain until the end of Kali Yuga.
• Hanuman - The last survivor of the Vanara race, who was blessed to become immortal, due to his contributions during the Battle of Lanka and also became the god of wisdom and strength.
• Parashurama - Vishnu’s sixth incarnation, who is also immortal for some reason.
• Mahabali - A righteous Asura, who was the incumbent ruler of Satala Loka, who once ruled the earth, but chose to rule this portion of the netherworld, due to Vamana’s request.
• Kripacharya - The son of a primordial sage, Gautama Maharishi, who because of his immense knowledge elevated himself to become equivalent to his father’s kind, he will be one of the seven primordial sages who will accompany the next Manu during the next Manvantara.
• Vibhishana - A Rakshasa, who was Ravana’s righteous brother, who sided with Rama, during the Battle of Lanka and eventually became the ruler of Lanka, Rama made him immortal, because of his contributions and lived as the living embodiment of righteousness on Earth.
• Vyasa - Grand-uncle of Pandavas and Kauravas, who is believed to be the author of the epic Mahabharat, that tells the story about his grandchildren’s rivalry.

7 Chiranjeevi:- (1st Row) - Ashwatthama and Parashurama, (2nd Row) - Vibishana, Hanuman and Vyasa, (3rd Row) - Mahabali and Kripacharya

• Other than that, gods have pretty much stopped interacting with humankind.
• Rivalry between Asuras and Devas is at an all-time high.
• Vishnu had taken his 9th incarnation, Buddha, who is none other than historical Buddha (563 B.C. - 400 B.C.), a former prince born into the Shakya clan of the Solar Dynasty posing as a false teacher, Vishnu took this avatar after Devas requested him to do something about Asuras, who were constantly defeating them in the battles. Vishnu as Buddha would delude these Asuras to make them abandon Vedas, become apostates, and teach them some Adharma philosophies (a.k.a. Buddhism) so that it would further boost their sins, in the afterlife.

Vishnu as Buddha?

• So, things are going pretty much in the same manner as we see around us.
• Sometime in the future, rivers like Ganga and Yamuna are prophesied to dry up, with the three major holy rivers (the latter two and Saraswati), completely getting vanished from Bhu Loka (Earth), marking the pinnacle of human deterioration, due to Kali, thus, paving the way for Hindu messianic figure, Kalki.
• Vishnu is prophesied to reincarnate for the 10th time, in the coming future, as Kalki, in a place called Shambala (somewhere in the Himalayas), he would train under Parashurama, receives a white horse named, Devadutt from Shiva, and goes on to marry a Lankan princess, Padmavati. With the help of all Chiranjeevi, Kalki would finally defeat Kali and end the Kali Yuga.

Vishnu as Kalki

• This Kali Yuga ends with a Prakri Pralaya and thus begins the new Satya Yuga.

Ending

• After 70 Maha Yugas, another Maha Pralaya occurs, it’s time for a new Manu and the beginning of a new Manvantara.
• Next Manu is another son of Surya, named, Surya Savarni Manu.
• Names of other Manus are also predicted:-
• Daksa Savarni Manu
• Brahma Savarni Manu
• Dharma Savarni Manu
• Indra Savarni Manu
• and many others.
• Currently we have completed 1 Paradha (50 years of Brahma’s life), by the time of all these Manus, another half of Maha Kalpa will be finished, therefore Brahma dies, then Shiva would destroy the universe in the form of seven Suns, then Shiva dies (i guess) and Vishnu dies.

Shiva destroying the universe

• Then the Vishnu outside the multiverse would create another universe, where he would create another copy of himself and the cycle repeats.