Mahabharata Serial Characters Name
Rama
The son of King Dasaratha and Queen Kausalya, Rama is the prince of Ayodya. He is an avatara of Vishnu, the Blue God and the sustainer of worlds. He is also a virtuous, strong, and just man in his own right. He is married to Sita, whom he loves deeply. He has a strong bond with his brother Lakshmana as well.
The ones who went unnoticed. Nov 16, 2015 at 12:30. 20 Of The Most Interesting Mahabharata Characters That You Probably Never Heard About. Govinda: Govinda is a name for Sri Krishna or Vishnu. This name means cowkeeper and refers to Krishna's occupation as a cowherd in Gokula. This name means cowkeeper and refers to Krishna's occupation as a cowherd in Gokula.
Sita
Sita's father, King Janak, found her lying in a furrow on sanctified ground and decided to raise her as his daughter. She marries Rama, and loves him so much that she follows him into exile. She is famed for her virtue and beauty, and is regarded as an avatara of the goddess Lakshmi, Vishnu's consort.
Ravana
Javelin pos systems. Ravana is a rakshasa who performed penance for the God Siva for many years, and in return received a great blessing from the God: he cannot be killed by any God, demon, or other divine being. His arrogance combined, with great intelligence and power, has led him to rule over much of the earth, spreading terrible evil everywhere he goes.
Lakshmana
Son of King Dasaratha, and brother of Rama. He is deeply devoted to his brother, whom he follows through many dangerous adventures and quests. He is married to Sita's younger sister, Urmila.
King Dasaratha
King of Ayodhya, father of Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna. Of all his three sons, he loves Rama most deeply, and tries to shelter the boy from any danger. He is a good king: kind, just and well-liked by his people.
Viswamitra
Viswamitra is a great sage and wise man who was once a king. Through long meditation, he gained a number of magical powers. He takes Rama on a quest to defeat a demon and to lift the bow of Siva, the first step in the future king's great journey.
Ganga
Ganga is a goddess, the daughter of Himavan. Because of her incomparable beauty, she was given to the Devas, and she became the Milky Way. Later, Siva brought her down to earth and she became the river Ganges.
Siva
Siva is part of the great trinity in Hindusim, along with Vishnu and Brahma. He is a great ascetic, and often sits in meditation. He is able to tame the power of other gods, devas, and supernatural beings, and he often grants blessings and wishes to those who sit in dedication meditation ('tapasya'). His wife is Parvati.
Lava
Along with Kusha, one of the youths to whom Valmiki taught the Ramayana that he received from Narada. He is one of the sons of Rama, but he does not know this.
Kusha
Along with Lava, one of the youths to whom Valmiki taught the Ramayana that he received from Narada. He is one of the sons of Rama, but he does not know this.
Vasishta
Guru to King Dasaratha, he offers religious advice to the king and the royal family.
Rishyaringa
A great rishi; he presides over the sacrifice that King Dasaratha offers in order to get a son. He is sometimes depicted as a combination of a deer and a man.
Tataka
A beautiful woman who was transformed into a demon (rakshasi) when she tried to seduce the rishi Agastya. As a demon, she drinks the blood of living creatures and kills anything she can see. In one of his first great acts, Rama breaks her curse by slaying her.
Kaikeyi
The third and youngest wife of King Dasaratha, and mother of Bharata. She is famed for her beauty. After she saved the life of Dasaratha in battle, he offered to grant anything she would ask of him. She later calls in this favor to have Bharata crowned king and Rama sent into the forest, inspired by the worlds of her maid, Manthara.
Sumitra
Second wife of Dasaratha. She is the mother of Lakshmana and Shatrughna.
Kausalya
The first wife of Dasaratha and mother of Rama. She is the oldest wife, and very kind and wise. She does not have a close relationship with her husband, but she loves her son Rama very deeply.
Manthara
An old maid of Kaikeyi's. She is a wicked woman, and gives Kaikeyi the idea to ask Dasaratha to exile Rama and crown Bharata king instead.
Guha
King of the hunters, he rules near the wilderness in Shringiberapura. He is fiercely loyal to Rama.
Kausalya
Wife of Dasaratha, mother of Rama. She is wise and kind, but she is not close with her husband; the greatest joy in her life is Rama.
Bharata
Son of King Dasaratha and Queen Kaikeyi, he is half-brother to Rama, Lakshmana, and Shatrughna. He is devoted to his brother Rama, and he tries desperately to undo the damage committed by his mother Kaikeyi.
Shatrughna
Son of King Dasaratha and Queen Sumitra (she drank two sips from the sacred cup, and consequently had twins). His twin brother is Lakshmana, and his half-brothers are Rama and Bharata. He follows his brother Bharata everywhere.
Sumantra
Chief counselor of Dasaratha. He is the one who unwillingly brings Rama into exile.
Surpanakha
The sister of Ravana, she is a powerful rakshasi. She attempts to seduce Rama and kill Sita, but the princely brothers attack her. She tries to muster the rakshasa army against Rama.
Maricha
A rakshasa, uncle of Ravana. Rama defeated him with a purifying magical weapon, and he renounced his evil ways to become a rishi.
Khara
A rakshasa, cousin to Ravana. He rules the area of Janasthana, near the forest of Rama's exile. He is very powerful, and likes to kill rishis and despoil sacred rituals.
Jatayu
A powerful golden eagle who speaks in the voice of a human being. He was loyal to King Dasaratha, and pledges his service to Rama. He dies defending Sita from Ravana.
Kabandha
A terrible rakshasa who has the form of a body with no legs or head -- only arms and a gaping mouth. He was transformed into this ugly shape by Indra; formerly, he was a celestial archer. He tells the brothers to seek Sugriva, the prince of vanaras.
Sugriva
The rightful king of the vanaras, a race of magical monkeys. He was usurped by his brother Vali, and pledges his service to Rama and Lakshmana if they can restore him to his throne.
Hanuman
Advisor to Sugriva. He is the son of the wind god Vayu and a vanari woman.
Angada
A vanara youth, son of Vali and nephew of Sugriva. He is brave and intelligent.
Vibheeshana
Young brother of Ravana. Though he is a rakshasa, he is wise and good. When Ravana refuses to listen to his counsel, he joins Rama's army.
Sampati
A great golden eagle, brother of Jatayu. His wings were burned when he flew too close to the son.
Jambavan
King of the Riksharaj (magical bears). He is an ally of Sugriva and Rama. He is known for his gentle wisdom and quiet strength.
Indrajit
The favorite son of Ravana, and his most powerful warrior. He earned his name after he captured Indra, the king of the gods.
Kumbhakarna
Ravana's brother. He is a giant with infinite strength who sleeps for six months at a time before waking up and eating everything he can see.
Agastya
An elderly and extremely powerful rishi who blesses Rama. Later when Rama is king of Ayodhya, he comes to Rama's palace and tells him secret tales about the people he met on his journeys.
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Mukesh Kumar Singh | .. | (36 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Amarpreet G.S. Chhabra | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Siddharth Anand Kumar | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Kamal Monga | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Loknath Pandey | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Series Writing Credits
Siddharth Kumar Tewary | .. | (creator) (102 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Neha Kothari | .. | (69 episodes, 2013) |
Vedavyas | .. | (24 episodes, 2013) |
Radhika Anand | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Mihir Bhuta | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Sharmin Joseph | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Salim Khan | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Ratish Marulkar | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Devdutt Pattanaik | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Bharti Sharma | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Anand S. Vardhan | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Series Cast
Saurabh Raj Jain | .. | |
Shaheer Sheikh | .. | |
Arav Chowdharry | .. | |
Pooja Sharma | .. | |
Arpit Ranka | .. | |
Aham Sharma | .. | |
Praneet Bhatt | .. | Shakuni 127 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Rohit Bharadwaj | .. | |
Saurav Gurjar | .. | |
Thakur Anoop Singh | .. | |
Nissar Khan | .. | Dronacharya 127 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Riya Deepsi | .. | Gandhari 127 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Shafaq Naaz | .. | |
Vin Rana | .. | Nakul 127 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Lavanya Bhardwaj | .. | Sahadev 127 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Naveen Jingar | .. | Vidur 127 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Nirbhay Wadhwa | .. | Dushasan 127 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Ankit Mohan | .. | Ashwatthama 127 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Karan Suchak | .. | Dhristadyumna / .. 126 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Shikha Singh | .. | |
Sudesh Berry | .. | Drupad / .. 126 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Atul Mishra | .. | Ved Vyas / .. 122 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Sayantani Ghosh | .. | |
Sameer Dharmadhikari | .. | Santanu / .. 121 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Paras Arora | .. | |
Richa Mukherjee | .. | Uttara 121 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Hemant Chaudhary | .. | |
Aparna Dixit | .. | |
Aryamann Seth | .. | |
Vibha Anand | .. | Subhadra / .. 121 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Arun Rana | .. | |
Kaushik Chakraborty | .. | Shalya 121 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Ratan Rajput | .. | |
Tarun Khanna | .. | Balram / .. 121 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Suhani Dhanki | .. | Madri 121 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Pallavi Subhash Shirke | .. | Rukmini 121 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Nazea Sayed | .. | Vrushali 121 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Pravisht Mishra | .. | Uttar 121 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Vaishnavi Dhanraj | .. | Hidimbi 121 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Deepak Jethi | .. | Virat 121 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Ajay Mishra | .. | Sanjay 121 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Mansi Sharma | .. | |
Vivana Singh | .. | Ganga / .. 96 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Ketan Karande | .. | Ghatotkacha 96 episodes, 2013-2014 |
Amit Mehra | .. | Lord Shiva 30 episodes, 2014 |
Vandana Singh | .. | Young Yashoda 30 episodes, 2014 |
Alam Khan | .. | Young Duryodhan 17 episodes, 2013 |
Raj Shah | .. | Young Dushasan 17 episodes, 2013 |
Devesh Ahuja | .. | Young Nakul 15 episodes, 2013 |
Rudhraksh Jaiswal | .. | Young Sahadeva 15 episodes, 2013 |
Miraj Joshi | .. | Young Bhim 15 episodes, 2013 |
Rohit Shetty | .. | Young Yudhisthir 15 episodes, 2013 |
Soumya Singh | .. | Young Arjun 15 episodes, 2013 |
Shweta Gautam | .. | Queen Sudarma 14 episodes, 2013 |
Sandeep Arora | .. | Vikarna 9 episodes, 2013 |
Deblina Chatterjee | .. | Madri 9 episodes, 2013 |
Jayantika Sengupta | .. | Arshi 9 episodes, 2013 |
Rio Kapadia | .. | King Subala 8 episodes, 2013 |
Ashnoor Kaur | .. | Young Dushala 8 episodes, 2013 |
Ketki Kadam | .. | Radha 7 episodes, 2013 |
Chandani Sharma | .. | Kripi 7 episodes, 2013 |
Puneet Issar | .. | |
Garima Jain | .. | Dushala 6 episodes, 2013 |
Aayush Shah | .. | Teenage Ashwathama 5 episodes, 2013 |
Gananay Shukla | .. | Young Karna 4 episodes, 2013 |
Vdyut Xaviier | .. | Karna Young 4 episodes, 2013 |
Yagya Saxena | .. | Young Ashwathama 3 episodes, 2013 |
Gurpreet Singh | .. | Prince Rukmi 3 episodes, 2013 |
Raj Premi | .. | Kalayavan 2 episodes, 2013 |
Nikhil Arya | .. | Lord Indra 1 episode, 2013 |
Mohit Raina | .. | Lord Shiva 1 episode, 2013 |
Series Produced by
Gayatri Gill Tewary | .. | producer (20 episodes, 2013) |
Rahul Kumar Tewary | .. | producer (20 episodes, 2013) |
Siddharth Kumar Tewary | .. | producer (20 episodes, 2013) |
Ajay Kumar Sharma | .. | line producer (1 episode, 2013) |
Series Music by
Raj | .. | (104 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Ismail Darbar | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Lenin Nandi | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Series Cinematography by
Thomas A. Xavier | .. | (46 episodes, 2013) |
Series Film Editing by
Paresh Shah | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Series Production Design by
Amit Singh | .. | (99 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Vipul Jagota | .. | (10 episodes, 2013) |
Tanveer Alam | .. | (1 episode, 2013) |
Series Art Direction by
Amit Singh | .. | (99 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Koushal Choudhary | .. | (38 episodes, 2014) |
Series Set Decoration by
Omung Kumar | .. | (10 episodes, 2013) |
Bhanu Athaiya | .. | (unknown episodes) |
Series Costume Design by
Shweta Korde | .. | (99 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Bhanu Athaiya | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Nidhi Yasha | .. | (20 episodes, 2013) |
Series Production Management
Jayant Lade | .. | executive in charge of production (63 episodes, 2013) |
Manish Vibhandik | .. | post-production (38 episodes, 2014) |
Manish Hamza | .. | post-production manager (20 episodes, 2013) |
Dilip Patil | .. | post-production manager (20 episodes, 2013) |
Yash Puri | .. | post-production manager (20 episodes, 2013) |
Srinivas Rao | .. | post-production manager (20 episodes, 2013) |
Kumar Saurabh | .. | post-production manager (20 episodes, 2013) |
Series Sound Department
Old Mahabharat Serial Actors Name
Sanjay Dhakan | .. | sound effects editor (uncredited) (102 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Series Visual Effects by
Jitendra Varma | .. | visual effects supervisor (102 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Nitin Andey | .. | cg supervisor / visual effects supervisor (62 episodes, 2013) |
Amarjyoti Borah | .. | visual effects artist (62 episodes, 2013) |
Dhrutiranjan Sahoo | .. | visual effects supervisor (60 episodes, 2013) |
Manish Hamza | .. | visual effects (20 episodes, 2013) |
Dilip Patil | .. | visual effects (20 episodes, 2013) |
Yash Puri | .. | visual effects (20 episodes, 2013) |
Srinivas Rao | .. | visual effects supervisor (20 episodes, 2013) |
Kumar Saurabh | .. | visual effects (20 episodes, 2013) |
Jishnu P. Dev | .. | vfx team lead (12 episodes, 2013) |
Sneha Kanekar | .. | senior compositor (12 episodes, 2013) |
Shahzneen Mehershahi | .. | junior compositor (12 episodes, 2013) |
Siddhesh Ware | .. | vfx team lead (12 episodes, 2013) |
Amit Nitore | .. | digital matte painter (10 episodes, 2013) |
Roshan Thomas | .. | visual effects artist (8 episodes, 2013) |
Thou Mangang | .. | cg supervisor: Incandlelight Studio (6 episodes, 2013) |
Siddharth Thakur | .. | digital compositor (4 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Sukhnoor Kaur | .. | visual effects coordinator: Intermezzo Studios (3 episodes, 2013) |
Nitish Naik | .. | visual effects (3 episodes, 2013) |
Murtaza Z. Garothwala | .. | Lighting Artist (1 episode, 2013) |
Ashish Malhotra | .. | team lead compositing: Maya Digital Studios (1 episode, 2013) |
Hanuman Patel | .. | visual effects supervisor (1 episode, 2013) |
Utkarsh Baile | .. | digital compositor (1 episode, 2014) |
Paresh Mistry | .. | Cloth/Groomer Artist: Maya Digital Studios (uncredited) (1 episode, 2013) |
Series Stunts
Aanandd Shetty | .. | stunts (20 episodes, 2013) |
Raam Shetty | .. | action coordinator (20 episodes, 2013) |
Series Camera and Electrical Department
Shyamanand Jha | .. | cameraman (128 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Anil A. Xavier | .. | cameraman (128 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Series Casting Department
Mahesh Chandra Bhatt | .. | casting associate (20 episodes, 2013) |
Sahil Ansari | .. | Casting Staff / casting staff (10 episodes, 2013) |
Gaurrav Kaushal | .. | casting associate: original casting (4 episodes, 2013) |
Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bhanu Athaiya | .. | costume consultant / Costume consultant (10 episodes, 2013) |
Series Editorial Department
Shangeeth Sathyanathan | .. | editor (38 episodes, 2014) |
Series Music Department
Raj | .. | composer: additional music / composer: theme music (104 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Ajay Gogavale | .. | composer: additional music / songs composed by (20 episodes, 2013) |
Atul Gogavale | .. | composer: additional music / songs composed by (20 episodes, 2013) |
Sanjay Wadnerkar | .. | lyrics / lyricist (20 episodes, 2013) |
Arpita Mukherjee | .. | playback singer (1 episode, 2014) |
Series Other crew
Amol Surve | .. | Creative Director (99 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Jaki Azmi | .. | production staff (20 episodes, 2013) |
Rohit Trivedi | .. | production staff (20 episodes, 2013) |
Ram Upadhyay | .. | production staff (20 episodes, 2013) |
Rakesh Yadav | .. | production staff (20 episodes, 2013) |
Jai Prakash Chouksey | .. | research and consultant (10 episodes, 2013) |
Nitin Mathura Gupta | .. | creative team (10 episodes, 2013) |
Ritesh Kaul | .. | head of production (10 episodes, 2013) |
Maaghvi Narsale | .. | research and consultant (10 episodes, 2013) |
Vishram Rane | .. | finance team (10 episodes, 2013) |
Ajay Yadav | .. | finance team (10 episodes, 2013) |
Manpreet Singh Arshi | .. | On Air Promotions (1 episode, 2013) |
Series Thanks
Raj | .. | special thanks (104 episodes, 2013-2014) |
Salim Khan | .. | special thanks (20 episodes, 2013) |