Drona
Videos
Page
Droṇa, also referred to as Dronacharya, is a major character of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
Bas relief of Drona, Angkor Wat
Drona orders Arjuna to shoot the arrow.
The Pandavas' Abhimanyu battles the Kauravas and their allies
Drona battles his student, Arjuna.
Mahabharata
Videos
Page
The Mahābhārata is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas.
Manuscript illustration of the Battle of Kurukshetra
Krishna and Arjuna at Kurukshetra, 18th–19th-century painting
Modern depiction of Vyasa narrating the Mahābhārata to Ganesha at the Murudeshwara temple, Karnataka.
Sauti recites the slokas of the Mahabharata.