King Vikramaditya, the emperor of Ujjain, is supposed to bring Betal, the vampire, to a monk, as a favour promised to him. The condition is that this should be done in complete silence, or else, Betal would fly back to his abode. As Vikram fetches the corpse in which Betal is residing, the vampire starts to narrate a story. At the end of every story, he compels King Vikram to solve the puzzle of the story. The stories thus narrated by Betal form an interesting series of folk tales.
About the author
Sunita Pant Bansal
Sunita Pant Bansal is a mythologist, and a storyteller hailing from the Kumaon hills of the Himalayas. Her forte is demystifying Hindu scriptures to show their relevance and application in today’s times. She explores and reinterprets the timelessness of characters from the epics and foundational texts in her stories, seamlessly blending mythology and history with real life.
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