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<p>2402:8100:3869:1432:CA7:8CFF:FEBF:8852: /* Description in Mahabharata or mentions */</p> <hr /> <div>Chandramukhi or Cāndramukhi ([[Sanskrit]]:चंद्रमुखी)(lit. the person having moon looks) is the princess of [[Trigarta Kingdom]] and the wife of [[Dushasana]]. She is also considered as the mother of Drumasena and Bharat. She is the daughter of King Ashwinraja and Queen Suchitra. In the [[Stri Parva]], she loses her husband and son both. In that parva, [[Gandhari (Mahabharata)|Gandhari]] is mentioned as [[Dushasana]]'s wife. [[Shanti Parva]] mentions how [[Dushasana]] did the act of [[Duryodhana]], his elder brother kidnapped princess Bhanumati. After the death of her husband, her son [[Drumasena]] takes revenge of his father's death.<br /> <br /> {{Infobox character <br /> | family = {{Unbulleted list|[[Draft:Ashwinraja (King)|Ashwinraja]] (father), Suchitra (mother), [[Dhritarashtra]] (father in law), [[Gandhari (Mahabharata)|Gandhari]] (mother in law)}}<br /> | spouse = [[Dushasana]]<br /> | children = [[Drumasena]] and Bharat<br /> | affiliation = Kuru Queen <br /> | info-hdr = Information <br /> | color = #FFC569 <br /> | home = [[Trigarta Kingdom]] (by birth), [[Hastinapura]] (by marriage)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Abduction and marriage==<br /> Incident like [[Duryodhana]], all the Kauravas have kidnapped princess to make his wife, like [[Duryodhana]] kidnapped princess Bhanumati, Charuchitra kidnapped one princess, Dussaha kidnapped one princess etc.<br /> <br /> ==Description in Mahabharata or mentions==<br /> She is described by her mother-in-law Gandhari to [[Krishna]], about being a beautiful princess how she believed [[Dushasana]], her husband, he promised Chandramukhi that he'll take good care of her. Maids were kept to look after Dushasana's wife.<br /> <br /> Therefore, the marriage of [[Dushasana]] and Chandramukhi echoes the marriage of [[Duryodhana]] and [[Bhanumati (Mahabharata)|Bhanumati]]. Gandhari says to Krishna,<br /> <br /> {{Blockquote|Behold, the wife of Dushasana,the mother of Drumasena and Bharata, the woman who sorrows for her husband and her two sons, the daughter of King Ashwinraja and Queen Suchitra Devi,the cousin of Bhanumati, her sorrows were only a divine love for Dushasana, her husband|Gandhari|Translated By Kisari Mohan Ganguli}}<br /> <br /> ==Sources==<br /> She had two children - Drumasena and Bharata. Drumasena and Bharata were the apple of the eye of [[Dushasana]].<br /> <br /> Chandramukhi is mostly commonly mentioned as Charumati and Chandramukhi wanted to marry [[Arjuna]] but as per her father's wish, she married [[Dushasana]].<br /> <br /> ==Portrayed by==<br /> Anita Pawar Portrayed Chandramukhi in [[Mahabharat Katha]].<br /> <br /> Portrayed By Nishtha Sharma in [[Mahabharata 2013 (TV Series)]]<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Dhritarashtra]]</div>

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