of Dice episode in the Mahabharata, the youngest of the Pandava brothers Sahadeva had taken an oath to avenge Draupadi's insult and had sworn to kill Shakuni, the mastermind of the episode. On the 18th day of the Mahabharata war, the Pandavas attacked Shakuni, Uluka and their army. As Duryodhana and his other brothers rushed to protect their uncle, Bhima stepped in, fought the remaining Kauravas and killed many of them (except Duryodhana). Meanwhile, Nakula killed many prominent Gandharan warriors and the bodyguards of Uluka. Sahadeva fought Shakuni and Uluka and not long afterwards, killed Uluka. Shakuni became furious and attacked Sahadeva. He broke his chariot and bow, but Sahadeva ascended another chariot and fought Shakuni ferociously. After many attacks and tackles, both of them descended from their chariots to settle things in a duel. Sahadeva then pierced his axe in chest of Shakuni and killed him, fulfilling his oath. Legacy The one and only temple in the world dedicated to Shakuni, called Malanada Maladeva (Shakuni) Temple, is situated in a small village called Pavithreswaram of Kottarakkara Taluk in Kollam district of Kerala, India. Here, a granite stone under a huge Kanjira (Strychnos nux vomica) tree is worshipped as the seat of Shakuni where he is seen in a posture meditating Lord Shiva, one of the Trimurtis of Hinduism. In Popular Culture In Bhagwati Prasad Mishra's Hindi film Draupadi (1931), Hadi portrayed Shakuni. In BR Copra's classic series Mahabharat (1988) and Mahabharat Katha, Gufi Paintal portrayed Shakuni. (Paintal had injured his foot before shooting began, causing him to limp during filming, which went on to become a facet of the character in later recreations.) In Peter Brook's Mahabharat (1989), Tuncel Kurtiz portrayed Shakuni. In Ramanand Sagar's series Krishna, J. P. Sharma portrayed Shakuni. In the series Draupadi (2001), Ravi Jhankal portrayed Shakuni In Ek Aur Mahabharat, Prakash Dwivedi played Shakuni. In Ekta Kapoor's series Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki, Kali Prasad Mukherjee played Shakuni. Vinay Apte's character Babulal in Prakash Jha's Raajneeti was loosely inspired by Shakuni. Praneet Bhat portrayed Shakuni in Star Plus's series Mahabharat (2013). In the animated movie Mahabharat (2013), Anupam Kher voiced Shakuni In Suryaputra Karna, Ajay Jayram played Shakuni. Ajay Kumar Nain played Shakuni in Karna Sangini. Sai Ballal portrayed Shakuni in Star Bharat's popular series RadhaKrishn. In the Aru Shah fantasy novels, the reincarnated Pandavas are assisted by their guide Boo / Subala, who is