Week 14: Reading A


Uloopi: The naga princess who fell in love with Arjuna


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The comic book begins with Arjuna in exile. As he is bathing in the Ganges, he is dragged down in the river. He wakes up in a palace and he meets Uloopi, the daughter of king of the underwater city. She wishes to marry him and the couple spends some time together. Afterwards, Arjuna returns to land. Later on, Arjuna travels to Manipur and meets Chitraganda, the daughter of the king. Arjuna becomes attracted to her and wants to marry her. The king is delighted and the couple is married and has a child. Uloopi deduces that Arjuna does not love her and decides to Chitraganda and her son.

Once she reaches Manipur, Uloopi announces herself as sister to Chitraganda and she adopts Arjuna’s son as her own. She raises him and tells him to excel in archery like his father. During the Kurukshetra war, Arjuna kills Bhisma. The gods become furious and want to send Arjuna to hell when he dies. Uloopi finds out about this and decides to save Arjuna. They make a condition that Arjuna’s son will kill Arjuna in battle. When Arjuna meets his son, he urges him to fight. Also hesitant at first, Arjuna’s son shoots an arrow through Arjuna’s heart. Uloopi reveals that she has a gem that can revive Arjuna. This saves Arjuna and he thanks Uloopi for her help.

This was a very interesting story as it was about a woman who fell in love with Arjuna and was willing to do anything to protect him. I really liked the character of Uloopi; she was sweet, kind, and strong. She was also very intelligent as she came up with the idea of reviving Arjuna. I kind of wished that Uloopi and Arjuna would end up together as she really did love him and I wanted her to have a happy ending.

Bibliography: Amar Chitra Katha, "Uloopi: The naga princess who fell in love with Arjuna." Volume 629.

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