THE EVIL EYE OF SANI - A Bengali Legend

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 03

In issue 3 of the Baba Indaba children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the story of how Bengali gods Sani, or Saturn, the god of bad luck, and Lakshmi, the goddess of good luck, fell out with each other in heaven. Sani said he was higher in rank than Lakshmi, and Lakshmi said she was higher in rank than Sani. As all the gods and goddesses of heaven were equally ranged on either side. Sribatsa, considered to be the wisest man on Earth was asked to mediate which puts ...