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Virata
Virata (, lit. "huge") in the Hindu epic "Mahabharata", was the king of Matsya Kingdom with its Virata Kingdom, in whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. Virata was married to Queen Sudeshna and was the father of Prince Uttara and Princess Uttarā, who married Abhimanyu, the son of Arjuna. Abhimanyu and Uttara's son Parikshit succeeded Yudhishthira to the throne of Hastinapura, after the war of Mahabharata.
He was killed during a Kauravas attack in the
Virata Kingdom
The Virata Kingdom () was a kingdom ruled by the Matsya king Virata. The city of Biratnagar is named after this kingdom. In the present day, the ruins of this kingdom are located east of Biratnagar. It was here that the Pandavas spent their 13th year of anonymity (Ajgnata Vasa) after their 12 years of forest-life (Vana Vasa) in the forests of Kamyaka and Dwaita. Upaplavya was another city in this kingdom where the Pandavas and their allies camped before the beginning of the great