Ghatotkacha’s Family Tree

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Family

• Bhima(parent),Hidimbi(parent)— Marriage

  Bhima wed the rakshasi Hidimbi with Kunti's blessing after slaying her brother, and their union produced Ghatotkacha, a half-demon warrior whose sorcery would one day shake the battlefield at Kurukshetra.

Allied with

• Bhima

  Ghatotkacha fought for his father Bhima and the Pandavas at Kurukshetra. He wreaked havoc on the Kaurava army before Karna killed him with the Shakti weapon.

Slain by

• Karna

  Karna hurled the infallible Shakti weapon — a gift from Indra meant for Arjuna — at the rampaging Ghatotkacha, who had been terrorizing the Kaurava army with his rakshasa sorcery on the fourteenth night of Kurukshetra, killing him instantly and sacrificing his one sure means of slaying his true rival.

Associated with

• Kurukshetra

  Ghatotkacha, the half-rakshasa son of Bhima, unleashed demonic powers at Kurukshetra during a devastating night assault that terrorized the Kaurava army. Karna was forced to spend the Shakti weapon Indra had given him to slay Ghatotkacha, losing the one weapon that could have killed Arjuna.