Even his ultimate realization on the battlefield—when he lay on a bed of arrows—was ... to believe that the Mahabharata war ...

Bhishma Ashtami or ‘Bhishmashtami’ is a Hindu festival dedicated to ‘Bhishma’ of the great Indian epic ‘Mahabharata’. It is believed that Bhishma, also known as ‘Ganga Putr Bhism’ or ‘Bhishma Pitamaha ...