Jodha-Akbar | Soul Vs. Intellect | Updated 22/8.|.2 Posts on Pg-10,11. - Page 22

Originally posted by: history_geek

Radhika,

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Yes, Jauhar was practiced in tandem with Saka...
First , at night the Jauher took place..
Next day, the men rode out to carry on Saka..
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This poem is about the beautiful Rani Padmini of Mewar / Chittor, who did Jauher...Recently, a TV show was also made on this..TITLED - " Chittor ki Rani Padmini Ka Jauhar ". It had to be closed due to some reasons like falling TRP's and bad health of the director/producer(?)..The shooting of that Show took place in the same place as the movie Jodha-Akbar.!!.It was supposed to be a grand SHOW..

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This is the Place where she DID Jauher..
Those stairs, lead to the "Jauher Kund" of Chittor Fort..
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I can quote that poem here, it's in my mailbox, but it is HEAVILY written in "Sanskritized version of Hindi" or "Awadhi Khadi Boli". I had read it LONG time back.. Shall i quote it .?.



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That was the war of Rajputs of Jaisalmer under Maharaja Jait Singh against the Khilji Ruler, Ala-ud-din Khilji of Delhi Sultanate...There also, first the Jauher took place, later Saka...EXACT reasons are not known, but from what i have read, the reasons of "slitting" were >> Less availability of time, to collect woods for performing FULL-fledged Jauher of ALL the ladies...Hence, the ladies preferred this route..😕


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This is what makes JA EPIC.. Something which was destined to happen, despite ALL ODDS that time..!!!...

Originally posted by: RadhikaS0

Thanks, Abhay for the lovely answers. :) But the very thought of how those women chose to burn to death rather than be taken by the enemy sends shivers down my spine. Why was death by fire the preferred method? Why not poison or stabbing (like harakiri) or hanging or something like that?

In JA, we saw that Jodha advocated Johar while Ruq advocated dying by poison during the war. 😕