VaidarbhiMadhav : The Imperishable Saga
16 parts Ongoing ❝When He becomes Ram, She becomes Sita. When he becomes Krishna, She becomes Rukmini. In all the incarnations, Goddess Lakshmi is always inseparable from Lord Vishnu.❞
-Vishnu MahāPurāna 1.9.144
She was the beloved princess of the prosperous kingdom of Vidarbha. She was only a maiden, when she lost her heart to the hero of the Chandravanshis, Vasudev Krishna, the enemy of her eldest brother Rukmi and his allie Jarasandh, the Emperor of Magadh.
She decided to go against her brother, Rukmi who was using her as pawn to win the favours of Emperor Jarasandh, by getting her married to Shishupal, the Crown Prince of Chedi. The princess of Vidarbha made her choice. She would not bow down to the patriarchy and wrote a letter to Lord Krishna to take her with him, to Dwarka.
Beautiful, intelligent and virtuous. She is Krishnatmika, the soul of Shri Krishna. She's the one in whose love Krishna himself had sleepless nights. She is the source of all happiness and prosperity.
She was Vaidarbhi, the pride of Vidarbha. She was Dwarkeshwari, the queen of Dwarka. She was the chief queen of Shri Krishna.
She was Rukmini.
Retelling the eternal saga of supreme love.
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