The arrow-bridge wager and the tortoise

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It explains why Hanuman is on Arjuna's flag and not on Bhima's.

Folk tale: Arjuna boasts he could bridge the sea alone. Hanuman tells him to build one over a pond; Arjuna vows to burn himself if it fails. The bridge collapses under Hanuman's foot. A Brahmin intervenes, Arjuna rebuilds, and the bridge holds. Beneath it Hanuman finds a tortoise, which is Krishna. Hanuman then vows to guard Arjuna's chariot. Appears on blogs and in Amar Chitra Katha style retellings.

Who: Arjuna, Hanuman, Krishna

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Arjuna Routs the Kaurava Host Alone mirror

Places: Rameshwaram (the sea-bridge in the tale)

Where this comes from

modern-popular · Hindu-blog.com post post states the story is not tied to a specific text
modern-popular · Amar Chitra Katha 'Arjuna and Hanuman' (listing in search)

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