 Durga Bhagwat never married.Her idols throughout her life had been Vyasa, Gautama Buddha, Adi Shankaracharya, American philosopher Henry David Thoreau, and Indian writer Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar.Durga Bhagwat's notable works include a biography of Rajaram Shastri Bhagwat, "Pais", a collection of articles based around religions, their literature and practises and "Vyas Parva", a book about her study of Mahabharat.