Dastango duo narrates Ahilyabai saga at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Lucknow, June 1 -- City-based dastango duo, Himanshu Bajpai and Pragya Sharma, narrated 'Dastan-e-Ahilya' at Rashtrapati Bhawan as part of a literary conference organised on May 29 and 30. The dastangoi was presented in line with the 300th birth anniversary of Ahilyabai Holkar.The story revolved around Ahilyabai's life beginning with the incident of Raghoba's wife, Anandibai, sending her maidservant to know the secret of Ahilyabai's popularity. They get to know that Ahilyabai leads a simple life, but she is famous because of her great thinking and welfare work.The story also included how Ahilyabai met Malhar Rao Holkar, who decided to make her his daughter-in-law, and how he stopped Ahilyabai from committing Sati, and later, the way she ruled the empire. The dastangos said that they wish to narrate this story everywhere while remembering the Lokmata.htc...
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