Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Krishna

  • According to Bhagavata Purana, which is a sattvic Purana, Krishna is termed as Svayam Bhagawan since he is full incarnation of supreme god Vishnu.
  • He is often described and portrayed as an infant or young boy playing a flute.
  • Krishna had total of 16108 wives of which only eight were his  princely wives .
  • He had eighty sons.
  • He played vital role in the war of Mahabharata between the Kauravas and Pandavas.
  • Lord Krishna is named with various titles like Chattarbhuj, Govinda, Gopala, Hari, Hrishikesh, Jagannath, Keshava, Madan,  Manohar, Murali, Shyam etc.
  • Krishna believed to be mischief  monger in his youth, he used to steal butter that why he is considered as "Makhan Chor"
  • His best friend name was Sudama, a poor Brahmin man
  • Famous temple of Lord Krishna are Radharaman Temple, Jugal Kishore Temple, Madanmohan Temple, Jagannath Temple, Guruvayur Temple etc.

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