Dec 15, 2025
Women in Mahabharata - Shashirekha
She is a daughter of Revati and Balarmaa, as immortalised in Telugu folklore. She is also known as Vatsala.
She was promised to Abhimanyu in their childhood, but when she grows up, with the Pandavas losing their royal status, Balarama decides to get her married to Lakshmana, Duryodhana's son.
Abhimanyu, disappointed in his uncle's failure to honour his pact with his mother Subhadra, leaves Dwarka and ends up allied with his older brother Ghatotkach, who helps him bamboozle the Kaurava party and marry Shashirekha after all.
