Padmini through the ages
TOI's attempt to trace the timeless story from early chronicles, through various retellings and by evaluating historical sources, including manuscripts and books, and speaking to experts...
Controversies surrounding the Bollywood film, 'Padmaavat', have renewed public interest in the life and times of the Chittor queen. Available literature has merged fact and fiction seamlessly to create a persona that makes it difficult to delineate one from the other. So, searching for facts on Rani Padmini or Padmavati in history books is of little help. Moreover, the narratives that exist have evolved and changed over the past 700 years, adding to the prevailing confusion and varied claims made about the queen. While Rani Padmini is claimed to belong to Pugal in Bikaner, popular belief is she was from Sri Lanka. Similarly, history remembers her for the act 'jauhar', the popular poem Padmavat shows her committing sati.
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