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Drupadi marries only Yudistira (Java)

Variant

Java removed the polyandry.

In the Javanese version Drupadi marries only Yudistira, not all five brothers. The Pandawa descendants, especially Arjuna's, become kings of Java and feature in ketoprak plays.

Who: Draupadi, Yudhishthira

Places: Java

Where this comes from

• folk-oral · Jakarta Post: Mahabharata Javanese stories

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