Best Mythological Indian Series — Ramayana, Mahabharata and Shiva on Screen

Mythological television has a special place in Indian viewing. B. R. Chopra's 1988 Mahabharat cleared streets across the country every Sunday morning at 9 AM, and Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan did the same. Those shows were the blueprint, and they have been remade, expanded and reinterpreted ever since. The 2013 Mahabharat on Star Plus — included here — is the most lavishly produced modern retelling, with Saurabh Raj Jain as Krishna and a production budget that let the effects finally catch up with the source material. Life OK's Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev, which ran from 2011 to 2014 and starred Mohit Raina as Shiva, reframed the Shiva-Parvati story as a full character drama and became the most-watched mythological in Indian TV history after the originals. These series are also surprisingly sophisticated — they explore ethics, dharma, duty and fate in ways modern prestige TV rarely manages, even if the production design is more stagey than streaming-era audiences expect. On the darker end, Asur on JioCinema cross-breeds Mahabharata mythology with a modern serial-killer procedural — a genuinely innovative Indian fantasy series that uses myth as active storytelling material rather than backdrop. If you grew up on Mahabharat, the Star Plus version will feel like coming home; if you are new to Indian mythology, Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev is the most accessible entry point; and Asur is the show to watch if you want to see how modern Indian writers bend the mythology into prestige drama. Every series below is streamable free in HD on Bowood.TV.