# Ithihāsas

18 Hacker News commenters recommended Ithihāsas and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People like the relationship graph that maps how characters in the Hindu epics connect, and the polished UI. The most common caveat is low contrast and dense text that is hard to read.

## Why people recommend it

- Relationship graph maps character connections (2 comments): "I like how it's mapped out the relationship graph." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47766348)) "it's a novelty to see the connections" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47762840))
- Slick, diverse UI design (2 comments): "What an incredibly diverse and inclusive UI design." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47757383)) "Absolutely slick UI and wonderful implementation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760200))

## What people warn about

- Low contrast and dense text (3 comments): "The default vis has very low contrast (despite changing theme colors)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756887)) "at the current density it's a bit hard to read" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756799)) "the contrast so bad that I cannot read anything" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47757042))
- Relationship graph unclear and flickers (2 comments): "Kunti somehow has her sons to the left of, right of, and above her, making the relationship unclear." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47757537)) "The relationship graph flickers too much when I move the mouse over it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47758565))
- Looks AI-made, shallow understanding (2 comments): "could tell this is done by AI, someone that studied it at the periphery" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47762652)) "Its clear you used AI to create the whole thing, but did you stop to think if it makes sense?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47766048))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ithihāsas", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ithih-sas/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).