Kids' Fairytale of How Raja Rasalu Swung the Seventy Fair Maidens Daughters of the King

The legends below about the Punjabi hero Raja Rasalu (also known as King Rasalu) are from two distinct books: Charles Swynnerton's Adventures of the Punjab Hero Raja Rasalu and Flora Annie Steel's Tales of Punjab. Raja Rasalu is a hybrid of an epic and a fairy-tale hero who defeats every enemy he comes up against by combining superhuman power and cunning. Including the tale where he swung the seventy maidens, there are other tales of Rasalu which show the adventures he took in his life. Let us see how Raja Rasalu succeeds in his new adventure, where maidens ask him to complete an impossible task. 

Summary of the Fairytale 

The story of Raja Rasalu and the seventy fair maidens starts when he travels and reaches their kingdom. The youngest maiden fell in love with him and wanted to marry him, but the other sixty-nine sisters were against the idea and wanted him to perform a task. They asked him to separate the millet seed from the sand. He asked the cricket to perform this task. The maidens might see that he completed their task, so they ask for another task to be completed.

Raja Rasalu On His Horse 

In this task, they tell him to swing them one by one till they get tired of swinging. The Raja replies that it would be unfair to him if he swings seventy maidens one by one, so he asks them to get on the swing together. The careless maiden gets on the swing and swings them using all his might and then cuts the ropes of the swing using his sword. Making them fall to the ground and then get hurt in the process. 

Maidens, Along With Raja 

The youngest maiden doesn't get hurt and runs to her father. After that, Rasâlu continued walking for another fifteen paces until he reached the seventy drums that were to be hit in turn by each person who came to play chaupur with the King; he then beat them so loudly that he broke every single one of them. Then he reached the row of 70 gongs and pounded them with a force that they broke into pieces. The maiden asks her father to let her Rasalu, but the king is determined to kill him, so he sends fruits and meat for raja to eat. But he poisoned the meat to kill him.

Youngest Maiden With Her Father 

Moral of the Story 

The story's moral is that we should use our brains when we are stuck in difficult situations and should not be careless and do whatever the other person asks us to do without thinking of the consequences. We also learn to face our enemies and not attack them from behind. 

Note To Parents 

The parents are advised to read the whole story of Raja Rasalu to give more detailed knowledge of how he helped his life and what happened in his life. The children can be further exposed to the culture of Punjab through this fairytale. 

Conclusion 

The story is about how a brave and witty raja completed the task the maidens gave and showed his bravery to the youngest maiden. This story is an interactive way to teach children about the raja and maharajas and also gives them exposure to the culture of Punjab.