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　　DevonKeDev...MahadevisaHinduspiritualtelevisiondramaserieswhichairsonLifeOKchannel.Itpremieredon18December,2011andshowcasesthestoryofLordShiva,alsocalledasMahadevaaa
　　ThedramaisinspiredbytheworksofDevduttPattanaik.ThestoryhasbeenresearchedfromBodhisattvaandhasbeenpennedupbyMihirBhuta.
　　DevonKeDev...MahadevisthestoryoftheHinduGodShiva,alsocalledasMahadev.Theshowportrayshisjourneyfromahermittoahouseholder.IntheshowShivatakesmanyincarnationsandmanyincidentstakeplace.However,thisplotmentionsonlythemajorevents.
　　ThestorystartswiththetaleofShiva'smarriagewithSati.SatiwhoisthedaughterofPrajapatiDaksha,astaunchVishnudevotee,isdrawntowardsShivaagainstthewishesofherfather.ShefinallymarriesShiva,butsoondiesbyself-immolationwhenherhusbandisinsultedattheyajnaofDaksha.Thegrief-strikenShivaproducesVirabhadra,whoslaysDaksha,howeverherestoresDaksha'slifeafterbeseechingofDaksha'swife.AdistraughtShivaleaveswithburntcorpseofSatiandwanderstheuniverse.Vishnuseversthebodyintopieces,shatteringthemonearth.ShivatransformsthepiecesintoShaktiPeethas,embodimentsofthepoweroftheGoddessAdiShakti.
　　SatiisrebornasParvati,thedaughterofHimavan,kingoftheHimalayasandMainavati.Sheisalsothesisteroftheriver-goddess,Ganga.ParvatiisraisedinthehermitageoftheShivadevoteesageDadhichi,whoteachesherdevotiontoShiva.ParvatigrowsupandlikeSati,iscaptivatedbyShiva.Sheslowlyremembersherpastlife,thenwinsShivabyherausteritiesleadingtotheirmarriage.
　　ShivaandParvatigivebirthtoKartikeya,whoslaysthedemonTarakasuraandhisbrothers.KartikeyaisalsonominatedforthethroneoftheKingofDevasbutShivaasksIndratocontinueastheking.AfterthisKartikeyaissenttotheDakshin(south)whereheiscaredbyMeenakshiandhereheslaysthedemon(asura),Tripathwithherhelp.ThestorygoesonwiththetaleofthedestructionofTripura,belongingtotherevengefulsonsofTarakasura,whowereearliergivenboonsbyShiva.AndjustbeforethedestructionoftheTripura,ShivaandParvati'sdaughter,Ashoksundariisborn.
　　AfterthedestructionofTripura,exceptLordIndra(theKingofDevas)everyonecongratulateShivafordestructingTripuraandalsoforbeingthefatherofAshokasundari.RishiDurvasagiveshimaspecialgarland,whichShivagaveNaradaasprasadam.WhengivenLordIndraacceptsthegarlandplacingitonthetrunkofhiselephant,Airavatatoproofthatheisegoisticthrowsit.ThisenragesthesageandhecursesIndraandevryonetobebereftofallwealthandfortune.SoonlatertotakerevengeonthedestructionofTripura,KingBaliattacksheavenandinattempttostealAmrita(nectarofimmortality).ButitfallsintotheOceanofmilk.TogettheAmritbackDevasjoinhandswithAsurastochurntheoceanfortheAmritaandtoshareitamongthem.
　　Thechurningoftheocean,knownasSamudraManthanisanelaborateprocess.IntheprocesstheDevasdisadvantagetheAsurasinmanyways.Despitethis,theychurntheocean.IntheprocessLordVishnualsotakeshissecondincarnationofaturtle,Kurma.
　　Theprocessreleasesanumberofthingsfromtheocean.OneproductisthelethalpoisonknownasHalahala.Thiscouldcontaminatetheoceananddestroyallofcreation.TosaveeveryoneLordShivainhalesthepoisoninanactofself-sacrificebutParvatirescueshimbypressinghisnecktostopthepoisonfromspreading.Asaresult,thecolorofLordShiva'sneckturnsblue.DuringthechurningmanythingsareobtainedfromtheoceanwhichincludesLakshmi,theGoddessoffortuneandwealth,whoistheeternalconsortofVishnu.Thus,everyonegetstheirwealthandfortuneback.LaterVishnutakestheAmritasecretlyfromtheAsurasanddistributesitamongtheDevas.
　　ThestorytakessomeyearsleapafterwhichitisshownthatKartikeyahasbeenremovedfromthepostofSenapati(headofthearmy),whichpleasesIndraandforthefirsttimeaftersomanyyears,agrown-upAshoksundarimeetsKartikeya.Kartikeyaalsomeetshisparents.HeenlightensAshoksundariaboutmeditationandsheinspiredbyitsomuchthatsherenouncesherlifetomeditate,whichdisturbsParvati.
　　Lookingattheillhappeningoftheworld,ofhowAhalyaisseducedbyIndra,Mahadevcomeindside.EvenafterMahadevtellsthatheishisfatherandmanyothergodstriedtotellhim,hestillrefuses.MahadevgotangryandcutVinayak'shead.