Krishna

Lord Krishna, one of the most common worshipped deities in the Hindu Religion. It is believed that Lord Krishna was born in jail cell over five thousand years ago to Devaki and Vasudeva. It is also believed that it was the Eight Avatar of Lord Vishnu.Krishna, along with his brother Balrama appeared with the sole aim of getting rid of evil powers on earth, which were increasing day by day under the rule of evil king, Kansa. In His Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Krishna promises:"Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice,O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion--at that time I descend Myself. To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I myself appear millennium after millennium. Krishna appeared on midnight of 8th day of the dark half of month Sravana. It is believed that he spent over 125 years on earth before disappearing. His departure marks the beginning of current age known as Kalyug. His childhood phase was spent in Gokula under the parentage of Nanda and Yasoda. Till the age of 8-9, he proved to the villagers that he is not an ordinary boy by killing various demons and doing other extraordinary things. Among these was the most popular Raas lila with the girls of village also known as Gopis. God Krishna enjoyed his rasa dance also known as dance of love. This dance normally occurs in autumn season at night under a full moon where, Lord Krishna used to captivate the young gopis with his flute. Among the Gopis, was Radha, the childhood devotee of Krishna. Due to their eternal love, Lord Krishna is also popularly known as Radha-Krishna. Their love story symbolizes the love between God and Human. After his childhood phase in Gokula, his uncle Karnsa invited him and Balrama to Mathura for wrestling match. But behind this was his master plan to kill both these boys. But Krishna and his brother killed Karnsa along with his 8 brothers. For next 18 years Lord Krishna lived in Mathura. In later part of their life on Earth, they took part in one of the most historic battle we know as Mahabharta. At the start of this war, Lord Krishna gave his most famous divine message, now known as Bhagvad Gita to his disciple Arjuna, son of Kunti and a famous Pandav. Krishna was chatriot to Arjuna in the battle and play an important role in deciding the outcome of battle.