Abandoned Arjuna-Gharani Chitrangada: A Roar Of Revenge

At the age of Mahabharata, there was a small but independent state named Manipur whose king Chitravahan wanted a prince for himself. He then worshipped Lord Shiva and got a girl. According to Mahadev's order and his own desire, he rared her as a boy. When she got young, her father wanted her to get married with a Chandra-banshi Prince. She liked Arjun while her father wanted to marry her with Prince Duryodhan. When she got acquinted with Arjun, she fell in love with him instantly. But her father had a secret motive behind approving their union. Would she live happily ever after or got abandoned by her husband? And if so, would she avenge her own insult or took it as her fate?

This is the first story of my Mahabharata series that I tried to pen down at my own childhood. I am truly fascinated by her life long struggle for independence and avenging her insult by her own husband.

This is my own original story that I never published anywhere else. The motivation for this story were Mahabharat and other manuscripts on Chitrangada. I take most scenes from the popular television serial "Mahabharata Katha"of Mr. B. R. Chopra. However the screenplay is truly mine. My language is mostly Hindi whose English version was written beside it. Pictures were taken from public domains. Images courtesy: Youtube, Google Chrome and Pinterest.