#shikandiandthestoriesuntold

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#Chaturabhanga Untold queer stories of mahabharat Photographic recreation inspired by #Shikandiandthestoriesuntold by @devduttmyth Picture by @alekhyas_pixels @alekhya_writes #Shikhandi Shikhandi, a character in the Mahabharata. He was originally born as a girl named 'Shikhandini' to Drupada, the king of Panchala. In a previous lifetime, Shikandini was a woman named Amba, who was rendered unmarriageable by the hero Bhishma. Humiliated, Amba undertook great austerities, and the gods granted her wish to be the cause of Bhishma's death. Amba was then reborn as Shikhandini. A divine voice told Drupada to raise Shikhandini as a son; so Drupada raised her like a man, trained her in warfare and arranged for her to marry a female. On the wedding night, Shikhandini's wife discovered that her "husband" was female, and insulted her. Shikhandini fled, but met a yaksha who exchanged his sex with her. Shikhandini returned as a man with the name 'Shikhandi' and led a happy married life with his wife and children. During the Kurukshetra war, Bhishma recognised him as Amba reborn and refused to fight 'a woman'. Accordingly, Arjuna hid behind Shikhandi in order to defeat the almost invincible Bhishma. In the Javanese telling, Srikandi (as she is known) never becomes a man, but is a woman equal to men, and is the wife of Arjuna. After his death, Shikhandi's masculinity was transferred back to the yaksha. #queerart #queer #queerartist #pab #pansexualart #lgbtq #art #lgbt #pride #instagay #dragqueen #drag #panartist #illustration #artist #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #panboy #drawing #lgbtqia #contemporaryart #lgbtart #nonbinary #pansexualpride pride #makeup #dragqueen (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSve3atlVrm/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#Chaturabhanga Untold queer stories of mahabharat Photographic recreation inspired by #Shikandiandthestoriesuntold by @devduttmyth Picture by @alekhyas_pixels @alekhya_writes #Shikhandi Shikhandi, a character in the Mahabharata. He was originally born as a girl named 'Shikhandini' to Drupada, the king of Panchala. In a previous lifetime, Shikandini was a woman named Amba, who was rendered unmarriageable by the hero Bhishma. Humiliated, Amba undertook great austerities, and the gods granted her wish to be the cause of Bhishma's death. Amba was then reborn as Shikhandini. A divine voice told Drupada to raise Shikhandini as a son; so Drupada raised her like a man, trained her in warfare and arranged for her to marry a female. On the wedding night, Shikhandini's wife discovered that her "husband" was female, and insulted her. Shikhandini fled, but met a yaksha who exchanged his sex with her. Shikhandini returned as a man with the name 'Shikhandi' and led a happy married life with his wife and children. During the Kurukshetra war, Bhishma recognised him as Amba reborn and refused to fight 'a woman'. Accordingly, Arjuna hid behind Shikhandi in order to defeat the almost invincible Bhishma. In the Javanese telling, Srikandi (as she is known) never becomes a man, but is a woman equal to men, and is the wife of Arjuna. After his death, Shikhandi's masculinity was transferred back to the yaksha. #queerart #queer #queerartist #pab #pansexualart #lgbtq #art #lgbt #pride #instagay #dragqueen #drag #panartist #illustration #artist #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #panboy #drawing #lgbtqia #contemporaryart #lgbtart #nonbinary #pansexualpride pride #makeup #dragqueen (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSzCJRcF36H/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#Chaturabhanga Untold queer stories of mahabharat Photographic recreation inspired by #Shikandiandthestoriesuntold by @devduttmyth Picture by @alekhyas_pixels @alekhya_writes #Shikhandi Shikhandi, a character in the Mahabharata. He was originally born as a girl named 'Shikhandini' to Drupada, the king of Panchala. In a previous lifetime, Shikandini was a woman named Amba, who was rendered unmarriageable by the hero Bhishma. Humiliated, Amba undertook great austerities, and the gods granted her wish to be the cause of Bhishma's death. Amba was then reborn as Shikhandini. A divine voice told Drupada to raise Shikhandini as a son; so Drupada raised her like a man, trained her in warfare and arranged for her to marry a female. On the wedding night, Shikhandini's wife discovered that her "husband" was female, and insulted her. Shikhandini fled, but met a yaksha who exchanged his sex with her. Shikhandini returned as a man with the name 'Shikhandi' and led a happy married life with his wife and children. During the Kurukshetra war, Bhishma recognised him as Amba reborn and refused to fight 'a woman'. Accordingly, Arjuna hid behind Shikhandi in order to defeat the almost invincible Bhishma. In the Javanese telling, Srikandi (as she is known) never becomes a man, but is a woman equal to men, and is the wife of Arjuna. After his death, Shikhandi's masculinity was transferred back to the yaksha. #queerart #queer #queerartist #pab #pansexualart #lgbtq #art #lgbt #pride #instagay #dragqueen #drag #panartist #illustration #artist #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #panboy #drawing #lgbtqia #contemporaryart #lgbtart #nonbinary #pansexualpride pride #makeup #dragqueen (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSrI3GnF0Df/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#Chaturabhanga Untold queer stories of mahabharat Photographic recreation inspired by #Shikandiandthestoriesuntold by @devduttmyth Picture by @alekhyas_pixels @alekhya_writes #Shikhandi Shikhandi, a character in the Mahabharata. He was originally born as a girl named 'Shikhandini' to Drupada, the king of Panchala. In a previous lifetime, Shikandini was a woman named Amba, who was rendered unmarriageable by the hero Bhishma. Humiliated, Amba undertook great austerities, and the gods granted her wish to be the cause of Bhishma's death. Amba was then reborn as Shikhandini. A divine voice told Drupada to raise Shikhandini as a son; so Drupada raised her like a man, trained her in warfare and arranged for her to marry a female. On the wedding night, Shikhandini's wife discovered that her "husband" was female, and insulted her. Shikhandini fled, but met a yaksha who exchanged his sex with her. Shikhandini returned as a man with the name 'Shikhandi' and led a happy married life with his wife and children. During the Kurukshetra war, Bhishma recognised him as Amba reborn and refused to fight 'a woman'. Accordingly, Arjuna hid behind Shikhandi in order to defeat the almost invincible Bhishma. In the Javanese telling, Srikandi (as she is known) never becomes a man, but is a woman equal to men, and is the wife of Arjuna. After his death, Shikhandi's masculinity was transferred back to the yaksha. #queerart #queer #queerartist #pab #pansexualart #lgbtq #art #lgbt #pride #instagay #dragqueen #drag #panartist #illustration #artist #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #panboy #drawing #lgbtqia #contemporaryart #lgbtart #nonbinary #pansexualpride pride #makeup #drag (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSpT8CFox4p/?utm_medium=tumblr