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The Bird with two heads

Ambika Devi

Crafts Museum

Crafts Museum
New Delhi, India

On a Banyan tree by the bank of a river, there lived a strange bird named Bharunda. The strangeness of the bird was that it had two heads, but only one stomach. One day, the bird was wandering by a lake and found a red-golden fruit, which appeared delicious at first sight. One of the two heads mumbled, “Oh what a fruit. I am sure the heavens have sent it for me. I am so lucky.” He started eating the fruit with immense pleasure and claimed it was the most delicious fruit he had ever eaten. Hearing this, the other head said,” O dear, let me also taste the fruit you are praising so much”. The first head laughed and said, "You know that we've only one stomach, whichever head eats, the fruit will go to the same stomach. So, it makes no difference whether I eat it or you. Moreover, I'm the one who found this fruit. So I have first right to eat it". The other head felt disappointed. This kind of selfishness irked him very much. Later one day, the other head found a tree bearing poisonous fruits. He took the poisonous fruit and told the first head, “You selfish fellow. I will eat this fruit and avenge your insult.” The first head yelled, "Please don't eat this poisonous fruit. If you eat it, both of us will die, because we have the same stomach." The other head replied, “Shut up! As I have found this fruit, I have every right to eat it.” The first head started crying. The other head did not bother. He went ahead and ate the fruit and both lost their lives.

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  • Title: The Bird with two heads
  • Creator: Ambika Devi
  • Location: Bihar
  • Physical Dimensions: Natural dyes on Khadi paper, 19 x 23 inches
  • Provenance: Bihar
  • Type: Madhubani Painting
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