RANI PADMINI THE HEROINE OF CHITTOR

An insightful and
comprehensive account of the life and times of Rani Padmini, this best-seller
continues to be the go-to book on this subject. Rani Padmini: The Heroine of
Chittor was consulted extensively by film-maker Sanjay Leela Bhansali for his
magnum opus Padmaavat (2018) and both author and publisher are acknowledged
prominently in the film’s credits. Even though not much is known about
Padmini, she has emerged as an icon of national honour over the centuries.
This book offers fascinating vignettes of her life— her superlative beauty,
high sense of virtue, valour and wisdom—and the times she lived in. The
politics among Rajput kingdoms and the danger and humiliation that the queens
were exposed to is captured in the book. After researching every relevant
literary, archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic and other sources of
information, the author not only proves that the illustrious queen of Chittor
was, indeed, a historical reality, but also reveals fascinating and multiple
facets of her personality.