Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Story of Indraprastha

                                    Story of Indraprastha

Indraprastha is a town which is said to be located near Hastinapur. Some believe today's Delhi itself was Indraprastha of ancient years.
Indraprastha was the capital of Pandavas after they got kingdom after Kurukshetra war. Before to that also,  there was an agreement between Kouravas and Pandavas that Kouravas will give 5 places to Pandavas. that time, Padavas made Indraprastha as their capital. With the help of Shri Krishna, they had a palace which is built by Vishwakarma who is the sculpter of devas.
To visit the palace, Kouravas had come. Duryodhan unknowingly stepped on water thinking it is the floor. That time, Pandavas' wife Droupadi had laughed with the her maids. Duryodhan got insulted and this is also the reason for the war .
After ShriKrishna's death, his  great grandson Vajra had been looking after Indraprastha.

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