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Ghaṭotkaca
Sign in to saveGhatotkacha (, ; ) is a character in the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. His name comes from the fact that he was bald (utkacha) and his head was shaped like a ghatam, or a pot. He is the son of the Pandava Bhima and the rakshasi Hidimbi.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.image
- Karna Try To Kill Ghatotkacha.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Karna and Ghatotkacha engaged in war
- Deity.affiliation
- Pandavas
- Deity.Devanagari
- घटोत्कच
- Deity.abode
- Kamyaka Forest
- Deity.birth_place
- Kamyaka Forest
- Deity.children
- Anjanaparva Meghavarna Barbarika (in folk traditions)
- Deity.father
- Bhima
- Deity.mother
- Hidimbi
- Deity.name
- Ghatotkacha
- Deity.weapon
- Gada (mace)
- Deity.death_place
- Kurukshetra
- Deity.battles
- Kurukshetra War
- Deity.spouse
- Ahilawati (in folk traditions)
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- Image
- Karna Ghatotkacha fight sculpture, Kota Rajasthan India.jpg
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15 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Name
- Birth and early life
- Interactions with Bhima
- Kurukshetra War
- Folklores
- Hidimbi's sacrifice request
- Role in the story of Shashirekha
- Barbarika
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- Temples
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
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Ghatotkacha (, ; ) is a character in the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. His name comes from the fact that he was bald (utkacha) and his head was shaped like a ghatam, or a pot. He is the son of the Pandava Bhima and the rakshasi Hidimbi.
As the head of one akshauhini army, he was an important fighter from the Pandava side in the Kurukshetra War and caused a great deal of destruction to the Kaurava army. Ghatotkacha killed many demons like Alambusha, Alayudha, and many gigantic asuras. He was specifically called out as the warrior who forced Karna to use his vasavi shakti weapon, and courted a hero’s death in the great war.