Padma and Parvati Patil



Parvati and Padma Patil are identical twin witches born to Mr and Mrs. Patil. They were both exceptional students, very beautiful girls, and were members of Dumbledore's Army in their fifth and Seventh years. In 1994, they attended the Yule Ball, a tradition of the Triwizard Tournament with Harry Potter and his best friend, Ron Weasley (Parvati with Harry, and Padma with Ron, respectively). However, because Harry was jealous of Cho Chang dancing with Cedric Diggory and because Ron was jealous of Hermione Granger dancing with the famous Viktor Krum, they were both abandoned by the sisters.

Parvati and Padma began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991. However, despite their being sisters, the Sorting Hat sorted Parvati into Gryffindor house and sorted Padma into Ravenclaw house. The sisters were in the same year as the famous Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. When the trio decided to form Dumbledore's Army to try to oppose Dolores Umbridge, newly-appointed Hogwarts High Inquisitor and Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, the Patil twins decided to join, and by doing so, learned spells like Expelliarmus, Wingardium Leviosa, and Stupefy. They even learned the Patronus Charm.

In 1997, while Harry, Ron and Hermione left school to find and destroy Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes, Parvati and Padma rejoined Dumbledore's Army, which was rebuilt by Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, and Ginny Weasley, Ron's little sister. During the Battle of Hogwarts, Parvati duelled Travers, but helped Dean Thomas by petrifying Antonin Dolohov to stop him from shooting a curse at Dean who stunned another Death Eater. Whether or not either one witnessed Harry Potter's defeat of Voldemort is unknown, but neither of them were among the list of casualties, so it is safe to say that they both survived the Second Wizarding War.


 * Parvati Patil — Sister of Padma. Parvati was a member of Dumbledore's Army in her fifth and Seventh years. Parvarti fought along side her sister and their friends during the Battle of Hogwarts. Parvati proved to be an exceptional duelist by dueling the [{Death Eaters|Death Eater]] Travers, prevening him just in time from cursing her friend Dean Thomas, a fellow Gryffindor.
 * Padma Patil — Sister of Parvati. Padma was a member of Dumbledore's Army in her fifth and Seventh years. Padma fought along side Parvati and all of their friends and classmates in the Battle of Hogwarts against Voldemort and his Death Eaters.

Behind the scenes

 * Parvati is portrayed by Sitara Shah in Prisoner of Azkaban. In Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, and Half-Blood Prince she is portrayed by Shefali Chowdhury.
 * Padma is portrayed by Afshan Azad in the films in which she has appeared.