The King asked the mendicant why he was doing this to which the mendicant tells that there is a task that only a King like Vikrmaditya can perform. However, the mendicant had set a condition that the King must meet him under a Banyan tree in the center of the cremation ground beyond the city limits and had to come alone at night, on the 14th day of the dark half of the month. He ordered to check all the fruits, and from all fruits came out a ruby each.
One day while handling the fruit, it broke and from the pop came out a small ruby. King Vikramaditya used to hand over the fruit to the royal storekeeper. Among such visitors was a mendicant who presented the king with fruit on all his visits. The King used to accept all the gifts with the same courtesy. Every day many visitors used to visit the king and gift him something or the other. He was brave and fearless, a very determined person. He had immense love for learning as well as for adventurous activities. Vikramaditya was a great king who ruled over a prosperous kingdom and Ujjain was his capital. These are thrilling stories told to the wise King Vikramaditya by the witty ghost Betaal. Vikram Aur Betaal is based on 'Betaal Pachisi', written in the 11th century by the Kashmiri poet named Somdev Bhatt. It is about the legendary king Vikram ( Vikramaditya) and the ghost Betaal ( Vetala, a spirit living in the forest, in a tree hanging upside down most of the time).
The vetala legends have been compiled in the book Baital Pachisi.Vikram and Betal stories are heard by all of us. A prominent story tells of King Vikramāditya and his nightly quests to capture an elusive vetala. In India, tales of vetalas, ghoul-like beings that inhabit corpses, are found in old Sanskrit folklore. Just so as we can be clear on this species of ghost because the Baital, was a supernatural being in india that is half human and half bat, not to be confused with this species of ghost that likes to hang from trees upside down, possess corpses, and has hair like an old woman.
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serial with Satish Shah (ghost Betaal) clinging on Arun Govil’s back telling him a story and asking questions at the end and then flying away giggling…Īnd here’s a new cartoon version of the same…not very good but it gives you some idea of the story…altough I’d kind of like to punch the narrator…who talks about the “strong bodied and fair skinned” Vikram in one of those “for good times make it santori times” whisky commercial accents….anyway…īy the way, because of the trouble with translating Sanskrit into phoenetic english, Betaal can also be read as vetaal, or vetala. The cunning Betal knew that the king was too clever not to know the answer, and each time Vikram fell for the trap followed by the inevitable …tu bola aur main chala…voooooo. Betaal also warned the king that if he knew the answer and failed to answer it, he (Betal) would have his head. These were simple stories which contained a moral, and a question at the end posed by Betaal to Vikram. There is also an impending condition set by Betaaal that he would accompany Vikram as long as he kept his vow of silence, never uttering a word. Each time he succeeds in trapping him but has to listen to a story on his way back.
#VIKRAM AUR BETAAL STORY SERIES#
The series was about a righteous king ,Vikram who goes in search of a ghost, Betaal. Doordarshan nostalgia for you…personally I never watched this series but I used to read the story-book about the corpse hanging from a tree that King Vikram needs to collect for a tantric to use in his magickal workings… you need to watch the clip halfway to see the ghost flying and don’t miss the special effects skulls at the very end. Vijayan shuffles off this…īahadır Bobur on M.N. Financeandlegalservi… on Vampires and super-beasties of…īahadır bobur on A British Guy in Gujarat Disco…īeyza bobur on M.N.