Mahabharata

A brief outline to our next performance... in case u saw til blur...

Santanu, king of Hastinapura, was married to the beautiful River Goddess Ganga. Ganga threw her 7 sons into the river. Ganga revealed herself to Santanu and told him that her children had once been celestial beings and had ended their 'punishment' quickly by drowning them immediately after birth. She then left with his last son Devarata.

Santanu remarried a second wife on condition that she would be the mother of a king. This marriage got 2 sons. The blind son, Dhritarashtra and Pandu.

As his brother is blind and unfit for the throne, Pandu becomes the new king. One day while hunting in the forest, Pandu shoots a gazelle in the act of mating. The gazelle was actually a brahmin priest in disguise, who curses him saying that should Pandu make love to either of his two wives (Kunti and Madri), he will die instantly.
Kunti, his first wife reciting a spell, and three sons are born to her: Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna. Madri gives birth to twin sons, Nakula and Sahadeva. Pandu died later due to the curse.

Dhritarashtra weds Gandhari in an arranged marriage and becomes the parents of 100 sons, the Kauravas.

When Arjuna announces to his mother that he has won an archery contest, Kunti tells him to share the prize with his brothers.

Duryodhana (eldest Kauravas) follows the advice of his uncle, the cunning Shakuni, an infamous dice player, and invites Yudhishthira for a game.

Last few scenes are preparation for war...

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