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Myths about Durvasa

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The Curse of Rishi Durvasa on Shakuntala

🕉️ Hindu MythologyKanva Ashram, Uttarakhand, IndiaShakuntala • Rishi Durvasa • King Dushyanta

Lost in a romantic daydream of her husband King Dushyanta, Shakuntala fails to welcome the notoriously short-tempered Rishi Durvasa to her hermitage. Offended by her neglect, Durvasa casts a powerful curse ensuring that the person she is thinking of will lose all memory of her existence. Only through the intervention of her friends and the presentation of a royal signet ring is the curse...