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Lamentations of Nala:
King Nala was the son of Nishada King while Damayanti was the daughter of Vidarba King. Both Nala and Damayanthi had no equal in beauty, and on continually hearing of each others virtues through the swan messenger Hamsa, they developed an infatuation for each other which later developed in to love ending in marriage..
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Unfortunately Nala was so fond of dice game, and lost everything in the game. They were banished from their kingdom by the machinations of Kali, and went to live in the outskirts of the city. .
Eventually their circumstances become so dire, that they had to share the same cloth for attire. To save Damayanthi from this situation, one night, while she was asleep, Nala tore the cloth they shared in a way leaving her with most of it so that she may return to her father and live in comfort..
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Nala and Damayanthi through Raja Ravi varma's eyes .
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