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Pandu
Kuru King and father of the Pandavas in epic Mahabharata / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Tamil actor, see Pandu (actor). For the locality in Guwahati, see Pandu, Guwahati. For the 2021 film, see Pandu (film).
Pandu (Sanskrit: पाण्डु, romanized: Pāṇḍu, lit. 'pale') was the king of Kuru Kingdom, with capital at Hastinapur in the epic Mahabharata. He was the foster-father of the five Pandavas, who are the central characters of the epic.[1]
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![]() A late 17th-century painting of Pandu (right) and Kunti from Kashmir | |
Maharaja of Kuru | |
Predecessor | Vichitravirya |
Successor | Dhritarashtra |
Spouses | Kunti Madri |
Issue | |
House | Hastinapura |
Dynasty | Kuruvamsha-Chandravamsha |
Father | Vyasa |
Mother | Ambalika |
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Pandu was born pale, to Vichitravirya's second wife, Ambalika. Pandu married Kunti and Madri. Following sage Kindama's curse, his sons were born through the boons bestowed upon his wife Kunti by a number of deities, owing to his inability to bear children.[2]