What is the aim of Mahabharata?

The intention of writing Mahabharata by Sage Vyasa was not to project or highlight individual characters like 1. Sri Krishna, who gave Gita to Mankind, as the incarnation of Vishnu, as there is no incarnation concept in Vedic age 2. read more

There is another reason why Ganesha was chosen for the purpose. Mahabharata is about a war between two groups of cousins, with Krishna, the Supreme Self, as the witness. read more

Mahabharata, (Sanskrit: “Great Epic of the Bharata Dynasty”) one of the two Sanskrit epic poems of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). The Mahabharata is an important source of information on the development of Hinduism between 400 bce and 200 ce and is regarded by Hindus as both a text about dharma (Hindu moral law) and a history (itihasa, literally “that’s what happened”). read more