Pandu

Pandu
A late 17th-century painting of Pandu (right) and Kunti from Kashmir
Personal Information
Affiliation	Kuru dynasty, Chandravamsha
Weapon	Bow and arrow
Family	Parents see Niyoga Vyasa (Biological Father) Ambalika (Mother) Vichitravirya (Father) Half-Brothers Vidura Dhritarashtra
Spouses	Kunti Madri
Children	Putative Sons from Kunti Yudhishthira by Yama Bhima by Vayu Arjuna by Indra Putative Sons from Madri Nakula by Ashvins Sahadeva by Ashvins

Pandu (Sanskrit: पाण्डु, romanized: Pāṇḍu, lit. 'pale') was the king of Kuru kingdom, with capital at Hastinapur in the epic Mahabharata. He was the foster-father of the five Pandavas, who are the central characters of the epic.^[1]

Pandu was born pale, to Vichitravirya's second wife, Ambalika. Pandu married Kunti and Madri. Following sage Kindama's curse, his sons were born through the boons bestowed upon his wife Kunti by a number of deities, owing to his inability to bear children.^[2]