Parvati Patil

**Parvati Patil** is a canonical Indian-British witch and Hogwarts student sorted into Gryffindor, where she became a close friend of Lavender Brown. She and her identical twin sister Padma Patil were in the same year as Harry Potter, were members of Dumbledore's Army and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Parvati Patil** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
In the movies, since their actors were not twins, her twin sister Padma was placed in Gryffindor as well, rather the Ravenclaw, in order to make her connection to Parvati more obvious.

Parvati attended Hogwarts during the 1997/98 school year, so she must have been either a pure-blood or a half-blood. Also, her parents pulled her out of school when they heard about Dumbledore's death, so they were clearly aware of what happened in Magical Britain.

Her twin sister was of age to take the Apparition test on 21 April, 1997, so her birthday must have been on or before that date (or possibly just past midnight on the next).

Parvati was Harry's date to the Yule Ball of 1994.

### Physical appearance

In 1994, Parvati and her sister were described by Dean Thomas as "the two best-looking girls in the year". They have dark eyes and long dark hair, which Parvati usually wore in a plait.

During their Hogwarts years, both sisters were commonly seen wearing silver necklaces with the letter "P" hanging from the chains around their necks and over their ties.

## Non-canonical information

### Parents

Since the parents of Padma and Parvati are never mentioned in canon, they have received various names in fanfiction. Here are some:

### *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*

In this story Parvati is a pure-blood and her birthday is given as 19 April, 1980; she was born in India, but has lived in Southall, London, since at least early 1986. The Patil family has been allied to the Potters since at least the 1970s, possibly longer, and Padma, being oldest by a few minutes, was betrothed to Harry when she was about a year old. During the Christmas break of 1992, Harry was emancipated and became Lord Potter, activating the betrothal contract, and moved to private quarters together with Hermione; he offered for Padma to move in there as well, which their father agreed to. Parvati, meanwhile, resigned herself to becoming the second wife of an older man so that she could carry the Patil name forward, since Padma apparently wouldn't.

Padma and Parvati had always been very close, refusing to use separate bedrooms when at home and, after being separated at Hogwarts, even occasionally sleeping in the same bed when they returned home. When they were eleven, they started experimenting with kissing, and eventually fondling, each other, and Parvati also did the same with Lavender Brown. After Padma's engagement to Harry was announced, Parvati admitted that she was jealous – of her sister, but most of all of Harry! – causing Padma to suggest she might be able to join them. When Parvati couldn't see their father allowing that, and complained about being forced to become a second wife in order to continue the Patil line, Padma instead suggested she should share a joint husband with Lavender.

As it turned out, Harry wasn't the only one whose life had been changed drastically: Hermione Granger had accidentally turned herself into a neko, a childhood dream of Parvati's, and all evidence pointed to Harry being her Mate, making things even more complicated.

### Minor appearances

* In *Cauterize*, it is said that since the Battle of Hogwarts her cheek is "rippled" by a burn scar.

## References

1. ↑ "World Exclusive Interview with J K Rowling," *South West News Service*, 8 July 2000 - "Hogwarts just serves Britain and Ireland."
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 11
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 22
4. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 8
5. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 16
6. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 6
7. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 36
8. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 38
9. ↑ *Cauterize*, Page 1