The Only One Who Saw Karna as He Was The world mocked Karna’s lineage. Bhishma doubted him, Draupadi insulted him, Arjuna ...

Krishna then explained that Karna's acts of generosity were saving him from certain death. Krishna then took the form of an aged Brahmin, went up to Karna and requested him to give away the fruits ...

The truth of Karna’s birth, thus, becomes public only after Duryodhana’s death and the Kaurava prince, the man who was his closest friend. Duryodhana dies believing that he had made a charioteer’s son ...

he cursed Karna that he would forget his knowledge at the most crucial time. When the time of death came, Karna took out his gold tooth and donated it to Shri Krishna. This was a symbol of his ...

Karna died a helpless death, fulfilling the brahmin’s curse. Excerpted with permission from Boons and Curses in Hindu Mythology, Sunita Pant Bansal, Scholastic Books.

Vrushali went sati on Karna's pyre after his death. Duryodhana also mentions that Vrushali was not an ordinary person but of a very high character equivalent to Karna. The sequence that featured ...

Destiny plays many a game with Karna in the epic Mahabharata. From being abandoned as a child to his death in the Kurukshetra battle, tragedy follows him like a shadow that never leaves.