The Katha Lantern

Rutuja Yengul
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Welcome to The Katha Lantern! Take a deep breath, gather around, and settle into your coziest spot. Hosted by Rutu, listen closely as we explore Indian folktales like the Panchatantra, Akbar & Birbal, the Arabian nights, and beautiful festival traditions. Here, we don't need screens—just a gentle glow and pure imagination. Kids can draw what they hear, and parents can submit their art to our Instagram Lantern Gallery! This podcast is perfect for long car rides or cozy quiet time. Follow us today. Stay curious as you grow, and let your imaginations glow!

  1. 19h ago

    Ep 25 - Akbar & Birbal - The Sweetest Sound

    Welcome back to the warm glow of The Katha Lantern! On this journey, host Rutu and our favorite little explorer, Ira, are solving a wonderfully surprising mystery about what happens when loud, harsh words get in the way of what we want. Have you ever wondered why shouting makes things so much trickier, or what kind of voice actually makes people want to listen to us? Inside our newest tale, we travel to a magnificent royal court, where the mighty Emperor Akbar challenges his wise ministers to discover the absolutely sweetest sound in the entire kingdom! Most of the court thinks it must be something sharp, loud, or forceful. But when a tiny, anxious songbird flies through the palace window, a big roaring guard tries to command it, only to send the poor bird into a total panic! Will the wobbly little bird remain trapped high up in the ceiling forever, or will the clever minister Birbal use an unexpected emotional superpower to save the day? Grab a cozy spot, turn off the bright screens, stay curious as you grow, and let your imaginations glow! 🎨Katha Canvas: Little explorers, grab your magical canvas and brightest colors! For our gallery this time, you have two completely magnificent choices to draw from our adventure: The Beautiful Songbird: A drawing of the lovely blue songbird The Grand Royal Palace: A picture of the majestic palace room, featuring the tall marble pillar and a sparkling crystal chandelier! Parents, snap a photo of your child’s masterpiece (don't forget to include their name and age!) and send it to us via DM on Instagram at @TheKathaLantern. We would be absolutely thrilled to add it to our glowing community Katha Canvas Highlights gallery! If your little explorers loved this heartfelt Akbar and Birbal adventure, please hit the '+' sign on Apple Podcasts, or tap the 'Follow' button and the bell icon 🔔 on Spotify. Liking the show or leaving a quick review is the absolute best way to help other families find our magical book of stories! Sound by Olivia Aydin on Pixabay. #TheKathaLantern #KidsPodcast #GentleParenting #StoryTime #AkbarAndBirbal

    9 min

  2. 2d ago

    Ep 24 - Panchtantra - The Talkative Tortoise

    Welcome back to the warm glow of The Katha Lantern! On this journey, host Rutu is opening our giant, glowing book of ancient Panchatantra tales to solve a wonderfully surprising mystery about knowing when to keep our gleeful words inside. Have you ever wondered how to stay completely quiet when you have something you desperately want to say? Inside our newest tale, we travel to a muddy, drying pond, where a remarkably grumpy tortoise must rely on his courageous friends, Mr. and Mrs. Geese, to fly him to a new home. Will Mr. Tortoise follow the one, incredibly important rule and keep his mouth glued shut as he dangles hundreds of feet in the air, or will his boiling pride cause a massive, wobbly mistake? 🎨 The Katha Canvas: Little explorers, grab your magical canvas and brightest colors! For our gallery this time, you have two super fun choices to draw from our adventure: A wrinkly, grumpy tortoise flying high in the sky while biting onto a sturdy stick! For a super easy drawing, simply draw the beautiful Mr. and Mrs. Geese swimming in the beautiful Blue lake! ✨ For the Grown-Ups: Parents, snap a photo of your child’s masterpiece (include their name/age!) and send it to us via DM on Instagram at @TheKathaLantern or email at thekathalantern@gmail.com. If your little explorers loved this adventure, please hit the '+' sign on Apple Podcasts, or the 'Follow' button and the bell icon 🔔 on Spotify. Liking the show or leaving a quick review is the best way to help other families find our magical book of stories! Sounds by: DRAGON-STUDIO, freesound_community, Paweł Spychała, Otto, u_jd81cxyq22 #TheKathaLantern #KidsPodcast #GentleParenting #StoryTime #Panchatantra

    11 min

  3. Jun 4

    Ep 23 - Arabian Nights - Sindbad & the Island of Apes

    Welcome back to the warm glow of The Katha Lantern! On this journey, host Rutu is opening our giant, glowing book of Arabian Nights once again to share a wondrous tale about the magic of true team spirit! Inside our newest tale, we travel to a lush, green island, where our valiant friend Sindbad and his courageous crew are searching for legendary Silver Coconuts! But when hundreds of chattering apes snatch their treasure map and a colossal, remarkably grumpy giant blocks their path, the sailors find themselves trapped! Will the petrified crew be scooped up by the towering giant, or will Sindbad come up with an ingenious plan to outsmart him? Grab a cozy spot, turn off the bright screens, and listen the episode now! 🎨 The Katha Canvas: Little explorers, grab your magical canvas and brightest colors! For our gallery this time, you have two super fun choices to draw from our adventure: The towering, remarkably grumpy giant sleeping on the sandy beach next to a mountain of fruit! The clever wooden raft with its heavy cloth sail catching the giant's snoring wind! ✨ For the Grown-Ups: Parents, snap a photo of your child’s masterpiece (include their name/age!) and send it to us via DM on Instagram at @TheKathaLantern. If your little explorers loved this adventure, please hit the '+' sign on Apple Podcasts, or the 'Follow' button and the bell icon 🔔 on Spotify. Liking the show or leaving a quick review is the best way to help other families find our magical book of stories! Sound effects by freesound_community, Kuzu, Pawel Spychala, Dffdv and Yodguard on Pixabay. #TheKathaLantern #KidsPodcast #GentleParenting #StoryTime #SindbadTheSailor #ArabianNights

    12 min

  4. Jun 2

    Ep 22 - Akbar & Birbal - The Pot of Wisdom

    Welcome back to the warm glow of The Katha Lantern! On this journey, host Rutu is solving a wonderfully surprising mystery about dealing with a classmate who constantly shows off and asks completely unfair trick questions. Have you ever felt wobbly and outsmarted when someone makes an arrogant demand designed to make you fail? Inside our newest tale, we travel back in time to the magnificent royal court of Emperor Akbar, where a boastful messenger arrives with an arrogant, impossible demand. He wants the Emperor to send his king a physical clay pot completely filled with wisdom in exactly one month, or pay a heavy tribute! Will the spooked Emperor have to admit defeat, or will the courageous Birbal find a brilliant way to grow wisdom in his royal garden? 🎨 The Katha Canvas: Little explorers, grab your magical canvas and brightest colors! For our gallery this time, you have two completely imaginative choices to draw from our today’s tale: A drawing of the tiny green pumpkin growing on the trailing vine in Birbal's royal garden! A picture of the giant, bright orange pumpkin perfectly stuck inside the narrow clay pot! ✨ For the Grown-Ups: Parents, please snap a picture of your child's masterpiece, and do not forget to include their name and age. You can submit art or Playground Puzzles to us via DM on Instagram at @TheKathaLantern or email us at thekathalantern@gmail.com. Also, please hit the follow and subscribe buttons on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube to never miss an adventure. #TheKathaLantern #KidsPodcast #GentleParenting #StoryTime #AkbarAndBirbal #WisdomWins

    11 min

  5. May 28

    Ep 21 - Panchtantra - The Kindness Karma

    Welcome back to the warm glow of The Katha Lantern! On this journey, host Rutu is solving a wonderfully surprising mystery about kindness and what to do when people forget to say "thank you." Have you ever wondered if doing a sweet favor is just a waste of time if it goes completely unnoticed? Inside our newest tale, we travel deep into the lush, green Emerald Woods, where a tiny, thirsty ant tumbles into a rushing river and feels completely wobbly! A magnificent white dove drops a leaf to save him, flying away before the ant can even say thank you. Will the tiny ant ever be able to return the favor? Will the kindness shown by the dove ever return its karma back to her? (Hint: True kindness sends a glowing spark into the world that eventually comes right back to you in the most surprising ways!) Grab a cozy spot, turn off the bright screens, stay curious as you grow, and let your imaginations glow! 🎨 The Katha Canvas: Little explorers, grab your magical canvas and brightest colors! For our gallery this time, you have two super fun choices to draw from our adventure: A drawing of the valiant little red Ant sitting safely on his green leaf boat, floating in the river! A beautiful picture of the magnificent white Dove resting peacefully high up in the branches of the great oak tree! ✨ For the Grown-Ups: Parents, snap a photo of your child’s masterpiece (include their name/age!) and send it to us via DM on Instagram at @TheKathaLantern. If your little explorers loved this adventure, please hit the '+' sign on Apple Podcasts, or the 'Follow' button and the bell icon 🔔 on Spotify. Liking the show or leaving a quick review is the best way to help other families find our magical book of stories! Sound effects by Jurij, Joen TNT, Dragon_Studio, and freesound_community from Pixabay. #TheKathaLantern #KidsPodcast #Panchtantra #GentleParenting #StoryTime #KindnessKarma

    9 min

  6. May 26

    Ep 20 - Arabian Nights - The Enchanted Ebony Horse

    Welcome back to The Katha Lantern! Have you ever met an enchanted wooden horse? What would you do if you climbed onto a shiny toy, twisted a secret dial, and it suddenly zoomed right up into the clouds? Inside our newest tale, we open the giant, glowing book of Arabian Nights to follow young Prince Saad! When a wondrous, black ebony horse takes him on an unexpected high-flying adventure, the rushing wind makes his tummy feel completely wobbly and trembling. With no idea how to steer or land this magnificent machine, how will he ever find his way back down to the royal courtyard? Join Rutu on this soaring journey to find out! 🎨 The Katha Canvas: For our gallery this time, you have two super fun choices to draw from our soaring adventure: Option 1: The magnificent, shiny black ebony horse flying through the fluffy white clouds! Option 2: A beautiful, bright red rose from Princess Safiya's sparkling garden! ✨ For the Grown-Ups: Parents, snap a picture of your child's masterpiece (don't forget to include their name and age!) and send it to us via DM on Instagram at @TheKathaLantern. We would be absolutely thrilled to add it to our glowing Katha Canvas Highlights gallery! If your little explorers loved this magical flying machine, please hit the '+' sign on Apple Podcasts, or tap the 'Follow' button and the little bell icon 🔔 on Spotify. Liking the show or leaving a quick review is the absolute best way to help other families find our giant book of stories! Sound Effects by Koi Roylers and Freesound_community from Pixabay #TheKathaLantern #ArabianNights #ScreenFreeKids #EmotionalIntelligence #AudioStoriesForKids #BedtimeStories

    8 min

  7. May 21

    Ep 19 - Akbar & Birbal - The Tooth Trade

    Welcome back to the warm glow of The Katha Lantern! On this journey, Ira brings a very personal puzzle to the studio: her itty-bitty front tooth just fell out, and instead of feeling overjoyed, she feels a little gloomy and downcast about her empty space! To find the magic in growing up, we travel back to the sunlit gardens of Emperor Akbar's grand palace. His young grandson, Prince Khurram (later named Emperor Shah Jahan), has also just lost a baby tooth right before his grand birthday celebration, and the Emperor feels completely helpless to fix his ruined smile! Will the clever Birbal know a secret way to turn this missing tooth into a magnificent gift before the kingdom arrives? Turn off the bright screens, get cozy, and join us to find out! (Plus, stay tuned until the very end for a wondrous, real-life historical secret about what Prince Khurram grows up to build!) 🎨 The Katha CanvasGrab your brightest colors! For our gallery this time, you have two super fun choices to draw from our adventure: A mystic royal tooth fairy, drawn exactly how you see them in your own imagination! A sparkling, towering tooth castle built by the fairies! ✨ For the Grown-Ups: Parents, snap a picture of your child's masterpiece—don't forget to include their first name and age!—and send it to us via DM on Instagram at @TheKathaLantern. We would be completely delighted to add it to our glowing community Katha Canvas Highlights gallery! Music by Mykola Sosin from Pixabay. If your little explorers loved this royal adventure, please hit the '+' sign on Apple Podcasts, or tap the 'Follow' button and the little bell icon 🔔 on Spotify. Liking the show or leaving a quick review is the absolute best way to help other families find our magical book of stories!

    10 min

  8. May 19

    Ep 18 - Panchtantra - The Sharing Struggle

    Welcome back to The Katha Lantern! On this journey, we read a Lantern Letter from Lucas about solving furious arguments before the fun disappears. When a magnificent watermelon sits in the middle of a dusty path, Ginger the orange cat and Susie the white cat are both determined to claim the prize! They cannot figure out how to share, until a clever monkey named Monty brings a weighing scale to "help." But when the scale keeps tipping, Monty takes a giant, delicious bite to balance it! Wait... did he just eat their treat?! Turn off the bright screens, get cozy, and join Rutu to see if this monkey is playing a sneaky trick! 🎨 The Katha Canvas: Little explorers, grab your magical canvas and your brightest colors! For our gallery this time, you have three super fun choices to draw from our jungle adventure: A sleek, fluffy white cat just like Susie! A big orange cat just like Ginger! Monty the Monkey with a very sneaky smile! ✨ For the Grown-Ups: Parents, snap a picture of your child's masterpiece (don't forget to include their name and age!) and send it to us via DM on Instagram at @TheKathaLantern. We would be thrilled to add it to our glowing community Katha Canvas Highlights gallery! If your little explorers loved this Panchtantra adventure, please hit the '+' sign on Apple Podcasts, or tap the 'Follow' button and the little bell icon 🔔 on Spotify. Liking the show or leaving a quick review is the absolute best way to help other families find our magical book of stories!

    11 min
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Welcome to The Katha Lantern! Take a deep breath, gather around, and settle into your coziest spot. Hosted by Rutu, listen closely as we explore Indian folktales like the Panchatantra, Akbar & Birbal, the Arabian nights, and beautiful festival traditions. Here, we don't need screens—just a gentle glow and pure imagination. Kids can draw what they hear, and parents can submit their art to our Instagram Lantern Gallery! This podcast is perfect for long car rides or cozy quiet time. Follow us today. Stay curious as you grow, and let your imaginations glow!

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  • Creator
    Rutuja Yengul
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    26
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Rutuja Yengul
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    The Katha Lantern