The story of Dambodhbhava
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Dushala post Kurukshetra war
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The age difference between the 101 Kauravas
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Yudhishthira gets the Akshaya patra
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Why Shrikrishna was not present at dyuta sabha?
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The vows of the Pandavas post-dyuta
The dreadful game of dice took place at the special hall built for the purpose in Hastinapur. Draupadi had been staked and lost by Yudisthira. Dus...
Why did Yudhishthira agree for the dice game?
In the last blog post, we saw how Duryodhana lied about Draupadi laughing at him when he fell into the water at Indraprastha’s Mayasabha. This lie ...
Duryodhana’s lie to convince Dhritarashtra for Dyuta conspiracy
Duryodhana returned from the flourishing, wealthy Indraprastha right after Yudishthira’s grand success of raja suya. He had seen first hand how th...
How did the dyuta sabha plan come about?
It was at dyuta sabha where Yudishtira staked his brothers and his wife and lost the entire Indraprastha. At the end the Pandavas were sent on exi...
The dead Kauravas come back to life
The war at Kurukshetra wiped out almost all of the Kauravas. Yudhishthira mentions the number of survivors and says that one billion, 660 million a...
Was it Kunti who told Karna about his birth?
Right before the war began at Kurukshetra, Kunti goes to Karna to tell him he is her son. This is after Krishna’s peace mission fails. But is this...
Did Bhishma know about Karna being Kunti putra?
After Arjuna defeats Bhishma and brings him down, all the warriors both Pandava and Kaurava go to see the Pitamaha and get his blessings. Karna had...