Padmavati

 Padmavati

Padmavati or Padmini was the queen of King Ratnasinh of Chittor. The historical existence of the name of this Rajput queen is very doubtful, and its historical existence has often been conceived by historians. The main source of this name is the epic named 'Padmavat' by Malik Muhammad Jayasi. All other historical sources or texts which mention 'Padmavati' or 'Padmini' are all successors of 'Padmavat'.

Padmini spent her life in Sinhala with her father Gandharvasen and mother Champavati. Padmini also had a talking parrot "Hiramani". His father also organized a Swayamvar for the marriage of Padmavati, in which all the Hindu-Rajput kings around were invited. King Malkhan Singh of a small kingdom also came to marry him.

Raja Rawal Ratan Singh of Chittor had come to the Swayamvara despite Rani Nagmati. And he also got married to Padmini after defeating Malkhan Singh. Because Raja Rawal Ratan Singh was the winner of the Swayamvara. After Swayamvar, he returned to Chittor with his beautiful queen Padmini.

In the 12th and 13th centuries, the strength of the invaders of the Delhi Sultanate was gradually increasing. Due to this, the Sultan again attacked Mewar. After this, Alauddin Khilji also attacked Chittor with the intention of getting the beautiful queen Padmavati. This entire story is based on the writings of the historian Alauddin, who displayed his attacks on the Rajputs in history.

But some people had no confidence in their stories because according to them, Alauddin's articles were based on Muslim sources, in which Muslims were described as great. According to him, Alauddin had made some facts of history as his pen and made stories based on imaginary truth.

In those days, Chittor was under the rule of Rajput king Rawal Ratan Singh, who was also a brave and courageous warrior. Apart from being a loving husband, he was also a better ruler, along with Rawal Singh was also very interested in art.

Rani Padmavati's Swayamvar

Maharaja Gandharvasen composed his swayamvar for the marriage of his daughter Padmavati, in which the King-Maharaja of different Hindu states of India came to participate. The mighty King Malkhan Singh of a small kingdom also came in the crowd of King-Maharajas in the court of Gandharvasen. Married king Rawal Ratna Singh was also present in the same swayamvar. He proved his authority over Rani Padmini by defeating Malkhan Singh at Swayamvar and married her to Dham-Dhoom. In this way, King Rawal Ratna Singh won his second wife Rani Padmavati at Swayamvar and returned to his capital Chittor.

Raghav Chetan, an accomplished musician from Chittor

The composer named Raghav Chetan was very famous in Chittor state. Maharaj Rawal Ratna Singh considered him very much, that is why Raghav Chetan was given a special place in the court. Those days Chittor Praja and the Maharaja there did not know that in addition to Raghav Chetan music art, magic and magic was also known. It is said that Raghav Chetan used his devilish talent to defeat the enemy and prove his work. One day while Raghav Chetan was doing some tantric work, he was caught red handed and presented before Raja Rawal Ratna Singh in the court. After hearing all the evidence and the plea of ​​the complainant, Maharaj found Chetan Raghav guilty and immediately blackened his face and sat on a donkey and drove him out of the country.

Legend according to poetry

According to Jayasi, Padmavati was the daughter of King Gandharvasen of Sinhala Island, and Raja Ratan Sen of Chittor, disguised as a yogi, went there and married her after many years of effort and brought her to Chittor. She was a unique beauty and Chittorgarh was invaded by the Sultan of Delhi Alauddin Khilji after hearing the description of her form by astrologer Raghav Chetan by Ratansen. Even after 8 months of war, Alauddin Khilji could not conquer Chittor, returned and after a second attack, he imprisoned King Ratansen with deceit and asked for Padmavati as a condition of his return. Then deceit was also resorted to by Padmavati and with the help of Gora-Badal, King Ratansen was freed by going with many heroes disguised as Padmavati's associates in the palanquins. But as soon as this trick was detected, Alauddin Khilji launched a strong attack, in which almost all the Rajput warriors who went to Delhi were killed. King Ratansen returned to Chittor but upon coming here he had to attack Kumbhalner and Devpal was killed in the battle with Devpal, the ruler of Kumbhalner, but King Ratansen also returned to Chittor with great injuries and went to heaven. There again Alauddin Khilji was attacked.