Vrat Katha in Hindi & English

Read the stories traditionally told on Ekadashi, Purnima and festival vrats, each tied to a named source, with Roman transliteration and Hindi, Hinglish and English versions.

A vrat katha is the story read or heard during a fast or festival. Each Valkala katha says whether it is transcribed from an old printed edition or is Valkala's own retelling of a named source such as a Purana, and cites that source. Modern katha books and websites are not copied, and traditional beliefs about a katha's results are described as tradition, not promised.

Choosing the katha for your vrat

A vrat katha is read or heard on the day of a fast or festival: the Satyanarayan Katha for a Satyanarayan puja or on Purnima, the Karwa Chauth, Hartalika Teej and Savitri-Satyavan kathas on their vrats, and the Ganesh Chaturthi, Anant Chaturdashi, Govardhan and Krishna Janma kathas on those festivals. Festival pages link their katha wherever Valkala has one.

Transcriptions and retellings

Each katha says plainly whether it is transcribed from an old printed edition or is Valkala's own retelling of a named source such as a Purana, and cites that source. Traditional beliefs about what hearing a katha brings are described as tradition, not promised.

Suggested starting points

Verification note: Each source card records the edition, meaningful variants, and verification work. Incomplete devotional texts are not published as reader pages.

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