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Origins and family
She chose to cover her eyes after marrying the blind Dhritarashtra and practiced severe self-discipline.
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Mahabharata · Queen of Hastinapura and mother of the Kauravas
Gandhari
Devoted queen who blindfolded herself for life and became a powerful voice of grief and moral warning.
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Biography
The story of Gandhari
Gandhari is devoted queen who blindfolded herself for life and became a powerful voice of grief and moral warning. Princess of Gandhara; wife of Dhritarashtra; mother of one hundred sons and Duhshala.
She chose to cover her eyes after marrying the blind Dhritarashtra and practiced severe self-discipline.
Her long pregnancy produced a mass divided into one hundred jars, from which the Kauravas were born.
She warned Duryodhana against adharma but remained bound to her family as the war approached.
After losing her sons she cursed Krishna's clan to perish, then retired to the forest and died in a fire.
Life journey
Four defining chapters
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Rise and relationships
Her long pregnancy produced a mass divided into one hundred jars, from which the Kauravas were born.
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Defining crisis
She warned Duryodhana against adharma but remained bound to her family as the war approached.
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Final phase and legacy
After losing her sons she cursed Krishna's clan to perish, then retired to the forest and died in a fire.
Grief can reveal truth, yet family loyalty may also delay necessary resistance.
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