Rani Padmavati

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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder as the oft quoted proverb goes. Her beauty 

enraptured and captured the eyes of the royals who beheld her.
 

King Ratan Sen and his royal bride were basking in their marital bliss much to the chagrin 

of Queen Nagmati , his first wife. But there were external enemies other than searing 

jealousy who invaded the kingdom and their new-found love.


Allaudin Khilji 's eyes burnt with lust as he heard about her beauty. The self-repecting 

Rajput Queen refused to give him an audience . With treachery and deceit he managed 

to catch her glimpse in the mirror. Her reflection strengthened his resolve to  possess her.

King Ratan Sen was killed in a duel by another neighboring King.


Allaudin Khilji with his retinue of followers and armed forces besieged the Chittor Fort in 

a bid to win her.

Alladin Khiliji managed to invade the Chittor fort only to be welcomed by raging tongues 

of fire and the acrid smell of burning flesh. The cries of women deafened his senses.

The beautiful Queen for whom her beauty had become a curse had committed 'Sati'.

                    She was Rani Padamavati of Chittor Kingdom.



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Rani means Queen in Indian language.

The Kings had many wives and polygamy was practised.

Sati - an Indian practise where the widow sat on her husband's pyre or burnt herself to death to avoid falling into enemy hands . The Queens or members of the female members of royal family preferred death to dishonor and disgrace.

Little did she know

                                                   

Today’s prompt:

Little did she know

He stepped on the smooth floor and landed with a thud ,dripping wet. Her laughter resonated every nook and corner of the gigantic hall and an embarrassed Duryodhana  got up . Draupadi  teasingly said ,”the son of a blind  King is also  a blind ”.

Little did she know what was in store for the Pandavas.

                                         

                                                                  

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So, you think you know it all

 The prompt (100 words) comes from Jairam Mohan who calls himself Mahabore – and is anything but! Check out Mahabore’s Mumblings:

So, you think you know it all

Eklavya sought the mentorship of Dronacharya in weaponry and martial

art. Drona rejected the boy due to his caste. But Ekalvya does not lose 

heart.When Dronacharya sees Ekalavya's proficiency in archery, he recognizes 

the boy and asks the name of his guru. Ekalavya tells him how he has made a 

clay statue of Dronacharya and practised archery by paying obeisance to the 

statue. Dronacharya says,'so, you think you know it all by practicing

before my statue. Now I demand my rightful gurudakshina'.Without a 

moment's hesitation ,Ekalavya severs off his right thumb and places it at the 

guru's feet as gurudakshina.

                                                        

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watched.

                                               

This post has been picked as one of Blogadda’s WoW posts of the weekend.

This time your entry must contain, ‘One thing he/she/they didn’t know that they were being watched.’

King Harishchandra , known as 'Satyavadi Harishchandra' ,  has donated his entire kingdom to Sage Vishwamitra.He then walks off with his wife and son.

                                      

 As  a part of donation , the sage further asks  for 'dakshina' from the King. After having donated his entire kingdom , Harishchandra does not have anything at his disposal to fulfill the Sage's demand.

                                   

 He decides to 'auction'  his wife Taramati to the highest bidder. A brahmin 'buys' her to help his wife in household duties. Harishchandra's son , Rohitashwa , starts crying on parting with his mother. The brahmin pitying the small boy , 'buys' him too and offers a small amount of money to Harishchandra. But the money is insufficient to pay the entire amount of 'dakshina' and hence Harishchandra starts working at the crematorium helping with the dead bodies and the final rites and rituals.

Meanwhile Rohitashwa is bitten by a snake in the garden and is soon dead. Taramati asks help from the brahmin to carry out the final rites. But the brahmin refuses to oblige her and Taramati walks off from the brahmin's house  carrying the dead son in her arms and reaches the gates of the crematorium , guarded by Harishchandra. 

Taramati recognizes him and introduces herself. But Harishchandra is adamant and reminding her of the payment to be made to the Sage as 'dakshina' asks her to pay the required amount for the rituals to be carried out.

                                   

 Taramati does not have anything to give him and undrapes the cloth which covers her upper part of her body, to shroud the body of her dead son. One thing she didn't know that they were being watched by the Gods from their abode in the Heaven. The Gods were moved by Harishchandra's adherence of faith to  'dharma' and duty bound virtue, that they appear in their true form along with Sage Vishwamitra and bless the trio. Prince Rohitashwa is brought back to life and the King and the Queen are given back their Kindgom.

The man who had employed Harishchandra at the crematorium was none other than Lord Yama (God of Death) in disguise.  

King Harishchandra is known for his truthfulness , righteousness and  duty-bound while Queen Taramati does not question her husband's actions and motives.

 P.S. :- This is the my first attempt at mythology. 

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