KHONA
About This Event
A woman of profound wisdom, Khona was also known as Leelavati. Her story is ancient, shrouded in the veils of legend. Yet, from what can be gathered, she was a brilliant astrologer, as was her husband, Mihir. Her father-in-law was the renowned astrologer Varaha Mihir. Upon witnessing the growing fame and intellectual prowess of his daughter-in-law, Varaha Mihir was consumed by insecurity and envy. The story of Leelavati’s tongue being severed by her father-in-law's order, and her subsequent transformation into ‘Khona’, has crossed the boundaries of generations. The century-old wisdom preserved in Khona’s Bachan (Khana’s Maxims) carries the scent of water, soil, crops, and the common people. But is this truth truly Leelavati’s alone? Or are these facts a collective compilation of ancient knowledge, woven into the rain, silt, and climate of this land over ages? Was Leelavati’s fate so brutal simply because she was a w