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Dec 2024

23m 42s

Mahabharata episode 76: Vanaprastha and ...

SUDIPTA BHAWMIK

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Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, Kunti and Vidur decide to leave the palace and spend the rest of their lives in the forest. Cursed by the sages, the Yadavas, Vrishnis and the Andhakas are destroyed by infighting. Balarama and Krishna dies and Dwarka gets submerged by the sea.

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