Karna's resentful Kalinga princess wife (Ponnaruvi)

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Karna's Tamil wife is a princess who is ashamed of him.

Tamil ballads (Ponnaruvi Masakkai, Karna Moksham) make Karna's wife a Kalinga princess, not the charioteer's daughter Vrushali. She resents his low caste and an unwanted pregnancy. Karna reveals the secret of his birth before dying on the 17th day, and her repulsion turns to regret.

Who: Karna, Ponnaruvi, Kunti

Places: Tamil Nadu, Kalinga

Where this comes from

folk-oral · Janata Weekly: Women in the Tamil Mahabharatas Ponnaruvi Masakkai; Karna Moksham

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