Shantanoo and Matsyagandha | Virtual Tour | Raja Ravi Varma Video Painting Collections

The painting of Shantanoo and Matsyagandha at Maharaja Fatesingh Museum, Laxmi Vilas Palace, Baroda in Gujarat by Raja Ravi Varma, Great Indian Painter. Story of King Shantanoo and Matsyagandha | Indian Epic Mahabharata King Shantanoo is attracted by the beauty of Satyavati or Matsyagandha and wants to marry her. Satyavati was brought up by a fish chieftain, agrees to marry Shantanoo on the condition that their children would inherit the throne, thereby denying Devavrata, Shantanoo's son his rightful place. Shantanoo doesn't agree to it initially but after his son, Devavrata takes the bachelor-hood vow and comes to be addressed as Bhishma, agrees to the conditions, Shantanoo marries her and fathers two children -- Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. #ShantanuAndSatyavati #RajaRaviVarma #VirtualTour #PaintingCollections