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KUNTI SAYS Farewell To Madri - SAISWAROOPA IYER shares her account of an emotional interaction between Kunti and Madri, Pandu’s wives in the MahabharataKunti clutched the pillar as she ...
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Ramayana and Mahabharata – are both fascinating studies of human behaviour. They are full of myriad characters with unique personalities and motivations, all trying to navigate through concepts like ...
According to Villiputthur Alavar’s Tamil version of the Mahabharata, several centuries later, this ... he begged her to use her boon discreetly to impregnate herself and her co-wife Madri, ...
The epic Mahabharata consists of 18 adhyay and it gives us 18 life-changing lessons. ... When asked why he explains 'I Kunti's son is alive, one of Madri's son should live too'.
The evolving ‘Mahabharata’: ... Kunti and Madri were allowed to get pregnant by the gods as their husband Pandu, under a curse from Rishi Kindama, was unable to consummate his union with them.
While 'Jaya,' as the Mahabharat is originally named, tells the story of the victors i.e. Pandavas, in the 'Ajaya' series Anand Neelakantan narrates Kauravas' side of the story.
Disney India to Produce Two-Part Feature on ‘Mahabharata’ Epic. Abhishek Kapoor will direct the epic about two related and warring families, with best-selling author Ashok Banker writing the ...
Why Not Theater’s “Mahabharata,” a two-part retelling of the Sanskrit epic, will have a short run at Lincoln Center in Manhattan starting on Tuesday.
At 200,000 verse lines and 1.8 million words, it took more than half a millennium to write the Mahabharata.The epic Sanskrit poem, spanning the tale of love and warfare between rival families, is ...