Three classmates at the museum dare Aru to prove the cursed lamp is real by lighting it.

Aru lights the cursed lamp, releasing the Sleeper, who immediately freezes time across the museum.

A pigeon named Boo emerges from a stone elephant and tells Aru she is a Pandava reincarnation.

Aru and Boo travel through a magical door and meet Mini, who is revealed as the second Pandava.

The Claiming at the Court of Sky reveals Aru as Indra's daughter and Mini as Dharma Raja's daughter.

Urvashi details the girls' quest and transfers mehendi maps onto their hands showing the three keys.

The girls defeat the demon Madame Bee in her enchanted salon and claim the first key.

The Sleeper confronts the girls in the Otherworld library, reveals Boo is Shakhuni, and kidnaps Boo.

Aru uses the golden orb to free the stolen celestial mounts from clay figurines the Sleeper left behind.

The three keys melt together into a puddle of light, forming the door to the Kingdom of Death.

Inside the timingala, the girls save each other's lives, causing their gifts to reveal themselves as the vajra and the danda.

The Pool of the Past reveals the Sleeper is Aru's biological father and that Krithika imprisoned rather than killed him.

The girls summon the Sleeper at the museum and battle him with the help of the celestial mounts.

The Sleeper shows Aru a vision of Mini's future hatred, and Aru's doubt stops the vajra from striking him.

Time unfreezes after the Sleeper fails to reach Shiva before the new moon, and Krithika embraces Aru.

Aru Shah accidentally releases an ancient demon called the Sleeper by lighting a cursed lamp in her mother's museum, freezing time around her. Guided by a pigeon named Boo, she meets Mini, her soul sibling, and the two are confirmed as Pandava reincarnations at the Court of Sky. The girls quest through the Otherworld to collect three keys and enter the Kingdom of Death, where they discover their gifts are powerful celestial weapons. The Pool of the Past exposes the Sleeper as Aru's biological father and reveals that her mother imprisoned rather than killed him. Armed with this knowledge, the girls summon the Sleeper to the museum and battle him alongside freed celestial mounts. Though Aru's doubt prevents the final blow, the Sleeper fails to reach Shiva before the new moon and time unfreezes.

Aru's journey from releasing the Sleeper to saving time.

Three classmates accuse Aru of lying about her extravagant lifestyle and begin recording her on a cellphone.

Boo tells Aru that when one Pandava awakens another does too, and directs her to find her sibling first.

Makara, the crocodile guardian of thresholds, confirms the girls' identities and opens the door to the Court of Sky.

Hanuman tells the girls he was cursed as a child to forget his own strength and asks if it was truly a curse.

Mini uses the purple compact to see through Madame Bee's enchantments, revealing a room full of bones and trapped souls.

The Sleeper attacks Aru in a parking lot outside the salon, and the golden orb's burst of light forces him to release her.

Boo leads the girls to Valmiki's anthill, where they must speak in verse to receive a protective mantra.

The Seasons gift the girls armor, including Winter's freezing bracelet and Summer's memory-stealing headband.

Mini abandons Aru and takes the silver coin after learning the truth about why Aru lit the lamp.

Mini speaks to the door of the Kingdom of Death as a daughter of death, and it opens for her.

The girls distract the guardian dogs Ek and Do using the golden orb and an illusion of a cat.

Chitrigupta, the cosmic record-keeper, gives the girls karma tokens and directions toward the celestial weapons.

The girls jump through a hidden hole beneath the sign reading TO DEIGN and land in the Palace of Illusions forest.

The Palace of Illusions gifts each girl a star-shaped tile as a piece of home and protection before letting them pass.

Aru uses Chitrigupta's magical pen to reveal her classmates' own embarrassing secrets, ending their threat to expose her.

Before Aru lights the lamp, her classmates confront her about lying, setting the crisis in motion through a chain of poor decisions. As Aru and Mini navigate the Otherworld, they receive guidance and gifts from figures including Boo, Hanuman, Valmiki, and the Seasons, each equipping them for the trials ahead. The girls face challenges that test their cleverness and teamwork, from outwitting enchanted demons to decoding the corridors of the Kingdom of Death. Their partnership is temporarily broken when Mini learns Aru lied about why she lit the lamp, but the girls reconcile and press forward. Reaching the cosmic record-keeper Chitrigupta and the Palace of Illusions proves crucial to finding the celestial weapons and growing in confidence. Back in the mortal world, Aru uses an unexpected tool to silence her classmates, and formal training begins as new mysteries emerge.

The allies, obstacles, and discoveries that shaped the quest.

Aru hears her name called from inside the unlit lamp just before the wick catches light and the Sleeper emerges.

Boo reveals Aru has exactly nine days before the new moon to stop the Sleeper or time will end permanently.

Mini's parents wrongly believed her older brother was the Pandava for years, only discovering Mini after she lifted a car in a panic.

Urvashi and Hanuman express shock that Shakhuni has been chosen to guide the Pandavas, calling the situation ironic.

Mini reveals her mother belongs to the panchakanya, a sisterhood reincarnated each generation to raise and protect the Pandavas.

The Sleeper appears in the library in human form with mismatched eyes that Aru recognizes from a photograph at home.

Mini throws Winter's bracelet at the Sleeper, temporarily freezing him and giving Aru a chance to grab the second key.

Aru discovers a book titled Aru in the library with pages detailing her past, but the final pages are glued shut.

Aru escapes the Palace of Illusions' fire-filled illusion by channeling deep inner focus, proving herself worthy as Arjuna's reincarnation.

Aru throws the monsoon pendant to shatter Shukra's mirrors, redirecting the Bridge of Forgetting's memory-stealing snow onto Shukra himself.

Shukra curses Aru to forget something vitally important at the moment it matters most, in revenge for losing his memories.

After viewing the Pool of the Past, the girls realize the vajra is the one thing capable of defeating the Sleeper.

Mini conjures an illusion of Krithika during the final battle, causing the Sleeper to drop Boo in shock.

Aru throws the palace tile during the final confrontation, creating a gust of wind that lets her reclaim the vajra from the Sleeper.

Boo pledges his loyalty to the Pandavas, and a wolf girl appears outside the museum holding a golden bow and arrow.

From the moment Aru hears her name called from inside the unlit lamp, the story fills with unsettling discoveries about destiny and identity. Key truths surface gradually: Mini's family overlooked her as the Pandava for years, Urvashi and Hanuman are stunned that Shakhuni guides the girls, and the Sleeper's human form carries a clue about Aru's father she almost fails to register. The quest intensifies when Shukra places a forgetting curse on Aru at the Bridge of Forgetting, a moment whose consequences echo directly in the final battle. Inside the Palace of Illusions, both girls confront their inner fears and prove themselves worthy of their destiny in separate trials. The climax turns on small but decisive acts — a conjured illusion and a thrown tile — that expose how cleverness and loyalty matter as much as power. These turning points reveal that the outcome of fate depends not just on prophecy, but on the choices people make in critical moments.