{"title":"Navratri","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"durga-chalisa","title":"Durga Chalisa: The Power of Shakti","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is a moment in the story when the gods realise that none of them, alone, is strong enough for what is coming. So they pool everything they have. Out of that combined power, Durga is born.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe rides a lion. She carries a weapon in every hand. And she does not fight out of rage. She fights because something needed protecting and nobody else could do it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor nine nights every year, across every part of India, her story is retold. Girls are worshipped as her. Homes are cleaned for her. And the Durga Chalisa, forty verses to her power, is read morning and evening through Navratri.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is also, quietly, the most meaningful gift you can give a woman in your family. Not because it asks her to pray, but because it reminds her what she was told she came from.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Folktales Inc edition carries the full text in both languages. Hindi with the Hindi meaning in the first half, English with the English meaning in the second, so it can be read and understood by whoever picks it up. Printed and bound as a gifting edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKEY DETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst half: the complete Chalisa in Hindi with the meaning of every verse in Hindi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecond half: the same Chalisa in English with the meaning in English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox. 40 leaves, premium gifting edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeity: Maa Durga\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 978-93-344-1184-3, published 13 September 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuitable for daily paath, gifting and the home mandir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"folktales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54045998416172,"sku":null,"price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/1592\/8876\/files\/durga-chalisa-the-power-of-shakti-01.webp?v=1790594176"},{"product_id":"lakshmi-chalisa","title":"Lakshmi Chalisa: Goddess of Wealth","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLakshmi is not the goddess of money. She is the goddess of everything that makes a life feel abundant, and money is only one small part of that list.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe stands on a lotus, a flower that grows out of mud and stays clean. Coins fall from her hand, but her other hands are raised in blessing and reassurance. The story is careful about this. Wealth without grace is not her. She brings prosperity and the wisdom to hold it well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Lakshmi Chalisa is forty verses to her, read on Fridays, at the opening of a new business, and in every home on Diwali night when the lamps are lit and the door is left open for her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Folktales Inc edition is printed in both languages, Hindi with the meaning in Hindi in one half and English with the meaning in English in the other. It is the most natural thing to send a family at Diwali, and the most natural thing to keep in your own mandir the rest of the year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKEY DETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst half: the complete Chalisa in Hindi with the meaning of every verse in Hindi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecond half: the same Chalisa in English with the meaning in English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox. 40 leaves, premium gifting edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeity: Maa Lakshmi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 978-93-343-9748-2, published 1 September 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuitable for daily paath, gifting and the home mandir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"folktales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54046083711276,"sku":null,"price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/1592\/8876\/files\/lakshmi-chalisa-goddess-of-wealth-01.webp?v=1790594371"},{"product_id":"8-chalisa-gift-set","title":"The 8 Chalisa Collection","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEight deities. Eight devotions. Eight different answers to the same question, asked in India for three thousand years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRam, who chose dharma every time it cost him. Hanuman, who asked for nothing. Shiva, who ends what has to end. Krishna, who explained why any of it matters. Durga, who was made because nobody else was enough. Lakshmi, who brings the grace to hold what she gives. Ganesh, who clears the way. Shani, who keeps the accounts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery Hindu home has some of these books. Very few have all eight, and almost nobody buys them together, because they are picked up one at a time over years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis set arrives complete. All eight Chalisas, each one printed in Hindi with the meaning in Hindi and again in English with the meaning in English, packed together in a Folktales Inc gift box with a story card explaining why these eight belong in one place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is the most complete thing you can give a couple starting a home, a family moving into one, or parents living ten thousand kilometres away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKEY DETAILS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContains all 8 Chalisas: Ram, Hanuman, Shiv, Krishna, Durga, Lakshmi, Ganesh and Shani\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach book printed in Hindi with the Hindi meaning, then in English with the English meaning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox. 40 leaves per book, premium gifting editions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"folktales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67537108468012,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/1592\/8876\/files\/bhakti-sangrah-8-chalisa-gift-set-01.webp?v=1790593258"},{"product_id":"4-chalisa-gift-set","title":"The 4 Chalisa Collection","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf a home is going to keep four of these books, these are the four.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGanesh, because nothing starts without him. Ram, because the standard he set is the one the whole tradition measures against. Durga, because there are seasons in a life that need her and not anyone gentler. Hanuman, because on the ordinary difficult mornings, his is the book people actually reach for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween them they cover a beginning, a principle, a strength and a companion. That is most of what a household asks for in a year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFour Chalisas, each printed in Hindi with the meaning in Hindi and again in English with the meaning in English, packed together in a Folktales Inc gift box with a story card.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe most giftable set in the range, and the easiest one to send in quantity when a family, an office or a festival list needs something that will actually be opened.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKEY DETAILS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContains 4 Chalisas: Ganesh, Ram, Durga and Hanuman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach book printed in Hindi with the Hindi meaning, then in English with the English meaning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox. 40 leaves per book, premium gifting editions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"folktales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67537109451052,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/1592\/8876\/files\/bhakti-sangrah-4-chalisa-gift-set-01.webp?v=1790593489"},{"product_id":"durga-ji-brass-murti","title":"Durga Ji Brass Murti","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDurga was made for a problem nobody else could solve. The gods gave up everything they had, and out of it came a woman on a lion with a weapon in every hand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat the image is careful to show is her face. She is not furious. She is completely calm. The lion is mid stride, the weapons are raised, and her expression has not changed at all, because power that has to announce itself is not the kind she has.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor nine nights every year the whole country turns towards her. The rest of the year she stays in the mandir, which is arguably when she matters more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCast in solid brass and finished by hand by expert artisans. Kept in a home mandir, brought out for Navratri, or given to a woman in the family who should be told, once, where she is said to come from.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKEY DETAILS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolid brass, finished by hand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade by expert artisans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeity: Maa Durga\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"folktales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67537120166188,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/1592\/8876\/files\/brass-durga-ji-murti-01.webp?v=1790595325"},{"product_id":"durga-ji-gift-set","title":"The Durga Ji Set","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor nine nights, the country turns towards her. Then Dussehra passes, the pandals come down, and most homes go back to a photograph on a wall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis set is for keeping her there properly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe brass Durga murti, cast solid and finished by hand by expert artisans, with the Durga Chalisa beside it, printed in Hindi with the meaning in Hindi and again in English with the meaning in English. The murti for the mandir. The book for the mornings and evenings of Navratri, and the Tuesdays in between.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is also the most meaningful thing in this catalogue to give a woman in your family. Not as an instruction to pray, and not as decoration. As a reminder of the story she was raised inside: that when nothing else was strong enough, what they made was her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Navratri, for a birthday, for a daughter who is about to do something that will take more than she thinks she has.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKEY DETAILS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDurga Ji brass murti, finished by hand by expert artisans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDurga Chalisa: The Power of Shakti, in Hindi with the Hindi meaning and in English with the English meaning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 978-93-344-1184-3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"folktales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67537127473452,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/1592\/8876\/files\/durga-ji-gift-set-01.webp?v=1790596322"}],"url":"https:\/\/folktalesinc.com\/collections\/navratri.oembed","provider":"folktales","version":"1.0","type":"link"}