Family tree
FAMILY TREE
Ganga
Shantanu
Sage Parasara
Chitrangada
Ambika
Vichitravirya
Ambalika
Vyasa
Wife
Wife
Madri
Wife
Wife
Nakula + Sahadeva
+ 100 Kauravas
Draupadi
Wife of the Pandavas
Twins
Wife Uttara
Abhimanyu
Parikshit
The Kauravas The Pandavas
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Janamejaya
The story
Part I: Karma
Indian dance and a live band, the ensemble tells the stories of humans struggling to build a just world in the face of competition, jealousy and rage. Exploring the themes of storytelling, ecocide and dharma (empathy), Part I begins Mahabharata’s epic journey that asks, “When everyone believes they are right and their opponents wrong, how can one end a spiral of revenge?”.
King Janamejaya is holding a ritual sacrifice where he will kill all the snakes in the world to avenge his father’s death. In hopes of ending this cycle of revenge, a storyteller is summoned to tell King Janamejaya the tale of The Mahabharata . The storyteller tells of the rival Pandava and Kaurava clans, and the choices that lead to their infamous Game of Dice. Through playful narration, classical
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