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Draupad's childless lament and Draupadi's birth (Garhwal)
Variant
Pandav Lila stages episodes such as the 'Oxen Fight' that Sanskrit readers will not recognise.
Narrated by Indra Dutt Semwal of Jakhwari: King Drupad of Panchal is childless despite rituals. After a night of lamentation the queen urges him to consider a household without heirs, and Draupadi is born from a sacred fire or spring. Other Garhwali episodes performed at the Dwari Devi festival, Bhenti, Chamoli include Duryodhana poisoning Bhima, the Oxen Fight between Pandava and Kaurava herds, and the Kalangiri Danu demon episode.
Who: Drupada, Draupadi, Bhima, Duryodhana
Places: Chamoli (Bhenti), Garhwal, Uttarakhand
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