Why 'Goddess' Padmavati?

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Posted: 7 years ago

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I highly doubt SLB or his team has done any research or even read oxford dictionary to come up with Goddess Queen in the title. They honestly didnt had any knowledge of jauhar or sati so they made Padmavati sound like Sati Goddess. There is difference between beauty and bravery. Padmini is more known for her bravery. anyways, director/actor sell their food like Indian Chinese stall which has no relation with actual chinese food, its tasty and slowly people start believing it as real chinese food.

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maal_u_have

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Posted: 7 years ago

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^^ But how did he make her sound like Goddess Sati? Padmini was a queen and as given in the link yesterday, there are some clans in Rajasthan who worship her, hence Goddess Queen. In all this, where does sati come from?

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IPSO_FACTO

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Posted: 7 years ago

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Originally posted by: StinsonIsHere
Both the practices seem to hint at the futility of a woman's life post husband's demise or if he's been defeated.
I remember Jules Verne in his Around the World in 80 days talks about Phileas's To-Be-Wife who they meet in a Jungle, where people of the tribe force her to do Sati coz of the demise of her old husband.
Both the practices sound regressive tbh. But that was how the times were.

Actually jauhar was seen as an act of bravery conforming with the idea of "sir kata denge lekin sir nahi jhakayenge".
Women in. the royalty knew that defeat of their kingdom meant them being either killed by the opponent or used as a sex slave. So, they chose to die rather than waiting for the outcome.

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Posted: 7 years ago

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Originally posted by: return_to_hades

I'm ignorant. Who/What is Karni Sena?😕

Karni sena is a group of people who represent the Rajputs (they think so).

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Posted: 7 years ago

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I have two takes on this.

1) It was added purely to create a more dramatic impact about the story they are planning on telling.

2) Goddess because she chose to do something a lot of Queens before her or in her time could not do. She chose to die than become a slave of the foreign invader.

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Posted: 7 years ago

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Originally posted by: HawasKaPujari
^^ But how did he make her sound like Goddess Sati? Padmini was a queen and as given in the link yesterday, there are some clans in Rajasthan who worship her, hence Goddess Queen. In all this, where does sati come from?

till yesterday there was argument, that she is just fictional character from some random poem, so atleast now we agree, she wasnt fictional character. sometime people just worship their ancenstor like morther figure or father figure doesnt mean they r worshiping them in real, is there a temple in Padmini name ? They intentionally put Goddess in the title and i m pretty sure they r referring her to sati which will be proved when the movie is out but in mean time I m also sure since Goddess is put in the title, she will soon be compared with all the Goddess especially Durga.

Edited by 09tanki - 7 years ago

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return_to_hades

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Posted: 7 years ago

#27

Can't we all just agree that "Goddess" is interpretative based on how you view things

To those who believe her to be real and align with groups that worship her legend - she is a literal Goddess queen.

To those who believe in an embellished history that is half truth and half fantasy - she is a figurative Goddess just like Helen of Troy.

To those who believe she is a fictional character in a fictional story - she is a fictional or literary Goddess for emphatic purposes.

In addition, there are multiple interpretations in between or combining these. Only Bollywood could make Padmavati as complex as the finale top scene in Inception!!!!!!! 😆

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1017676

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Posted: 7 years ago

#28

In Nepal, the Royal Family were considered to be descendant of Lord Vishnu. Queens were considered to be Laxmi. In many temples you would have seen pictures of Late King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya being worshipped alongside other deities.

The King and Queen never visited temple of Vishnu Avatars.

So I can relate to Padmavati being called Goddess Queen.

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clarity

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Posted: 7 years ago

#29

I guess goddess queen is just a phrase to capture her aura. We use 'goddess' to say someone looks gorgeous beyond belief so it's probably that.

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Posted: 7 years ago

#30

Originally posted by: Angry_Birdie
husband couldn't be by your side, right? Tbh, I see no difference in both at its core.
Sati was practiced by everyone i.e. The commoners as well. While Jauhar was practiced by the royal families at the time of war. It didn't mean the husband had to die in war, mere defeat at the hands of enemy led to Jauhar.

Sati wasn't practiced by everyone, it was prevalent amongst the upper castes, the lower caste did not have a tradition of sati.

Edited by Heisenberg17. - 7 years ago