Pragya, is the the elder daughter of Sarla Arora(Supriya Shukla) and elder sister of Preeta Arora(Shraddha Arya), Bulbul Purab Khanna(Mrunal Thakur), Srishti Arora(Anjum Fakih) Wife of Abhishek Prem Mehra(Shabir Ahluwalia) and Mother of Kiara. Pragya is a Independent, Strong, Practical, Hardworking and committed to supporting her family. Her character represents today's women. She teaches at a college to ensure that her mother Sarla's meager earnings from the 'Kumkum Bhagya' marriage hall never fall short in making the two ends meet. Purab(Best Friend of Abhi) and Bulbul fall in love but in a bitter twist of fate, Aliya, Tanushree, and Abhishek feels that Purab loves Pragya. The trio plans revenge and arranges for Pragya to marry Abhishek. Consequently, Tanu and Aliya work in cahoots to plan Pragya’s and Abhi’s marriage in vengeance. After getting married, Pragya gets to know about the conspiracy. Pragya, in a bid to protect his sister, lies to Abhi that she is in a relationship with Purab. She then urges her sister Bulbul to forget Purab. Although Purab is privy to all theses, he agrees to marry Aliya. However, he cannot seem to get her out of his mind. On their wedding day, Purab absconds his marriage to Aliya and goes to marry Bulbul. The Kumkum Bhagya story summary is generally one where Tanu and Aliya plot against Abhi and Pragya. However, their plans backfire and, instead, the two grow more in love. 