Thursday, September 9, 2010

36.GREAT MAN

What event in mythology is depicted here in this painting(Picture 1) ?
Use Picture 2 as a hint.

1 2

3 comments:

pranav said...

ok connect is bheeshma
the first pic is of bheeshma taking the terrible oath for which he was given the name bheeshma
second one is the shaktiman guy mukesh something is it? cant remember his name very well(may be suffering from slight alziemers)he played bheeshma in yash and b.r chopra's famous serial the mahabharat

pranav said...

explaining further
the oath was sworn to the fisherman whose daughter satyavathi bheeshma's (then devavrata) father wanted to marry.but couldnt do so coz of the fisherman who wanted him to swear certain oaths
so devavrata did it and got the name bheeshma

Nanda said...

Pranav cracks. The Shaktiman Guy is Mukesh Khanna.
And the fisherman wanted Devavrata to promise that he or his heirs would never claim the kingdom of his dad. He promised and hence got the name Bheeshma meaning the Great One