Indulekha: The Sister of The Pandavas • Mahabharat

12. Her Days In Dwarka

Dressed in her blue lehenga and body adorned with jewelry, Indu was twirling around in her chamber while the dasis chuckled at her childish behavior. It wasn't more than 2 days and she befriended half of the dasis in the palace.

Indu, was over the moon when she heard that her Kanha had gifted her with Dwarka's clothes and jewelries.  And she was wearing one of them right now.

The royal blue satin lehenga was designed with detailed embroidery by the finest weavers in Dwarka. The embroideries were of the art patterns mostly found in the western regions of Aryavarta.

The jewelleries were carved with intricate patterns, The gold was carved down and silver beads were attached there.

All of this gave wonderful happiness, but what was more enlightening was that the girls-Indu, Subhadra and Rukmini, along with Arjun, would go to the well-known markets of Dwarka. That too, without soldiers!

Spinning around and feeling her lehenga dance with the air, she stopped at the window and drew back the curtains, letting sunlight enter the chamber.

Indu sighed. She never felt this joyous for anything, not even meeting her brothers. What was that was making her happy for no reason? She knew it, a few clothes would make her glad but so much that she would giggle randomly without no reason, twirl all about the garden, look at everything from the view of a toddler.

This wasn't happiness, this was her childhood back. Or so she thought. Maybe it was Kahna playing another one of his tricks, trying to make her enjoy Her Days In Dwarka.

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"Come on, Indu!" Subhadra was dragging Indu from one shop to another while Rukmini and Arjun followed behind. Indu's plan to keep Subhadra and Arjun together has, clearly, failed. But that didn't stop the Yadav Kumari from admiring her prince charming.

And Indu had completely forgotten her plan when she saw all the amazing accessories the shops were selling. From clothes and shoes to necklaces and earrings. From weaving and knitting kits to handlooms and charkhas. Everything was there.

Not only was the market impressive, but the defined architect of the land was jaw-dropping as well.

Indu bought food items for her Bhrata Bheem, a few hand-mirrors and a dagger for Bhrata Nakul, embroidered arrows for Bhrata Arjun, which she wanted to be a surprise but Arjun caught her buying them, books about Dwarka, its culture for Bhrata Sahadev and books about Dwarka's government and political parties for Bhrata Yudhishthir.

Along with these, she also bought angavastram for each one of her brothers. She also bought a few food items, dairies and angavastram for Karn.

She bought shoes and accessories for Mata Kunti along with saris for Mata Gandhari. She purchased hair accessories for Dushala and Subhadra as well.

For herself, Indu bought a lot, and by a lot, I mean 10 lehengas. She also got a weaving kit to sew her favourite kurtas from kaliyug, which were also comfortable and her favourites. The end of the day was peaceful, with everyone returning to their chambers.