Bharata is a legendary emperor featured in Hindu literature. He is a member of the Chandravamsha dynasty, and becomes the Chakravarti. He is regarded to be the ancestor of the Pandavas, the Kauravas,
Painting of Bharata, Raja Ravi Varma
Dushyanta & Shakuntala in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The son that resulted from their Gandharva marriage was named Bharata.
Bharadvaja was an ancient rishi associated with a pastoralist group of the same name among the early Vedic people. The name further designates the gotra of his descendants, the Bharadvajas, many of wh
Bharata (Mahabharata)
…dissatisfaction, his wives in wrath slew all of their sons. Then Bhúmanyu was born out of a great sacrifice that Bharata performed with the help of the sage Bharadvaja. The Skanda Purana gives another account of the adopted son of Bharata. When Angiras' son, Utathya's wife Mamata was pregnant, Utathya's younger brother…
A 19th-century watercolour painting of Bharadvaja
An 18th-century painting of Śrī Rāma, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa with sage Bharadvāja
Bharadvaja orders a great feast prepared for Bharata and his men
Ramapanchayan, Raja Ravi Varma