Lord Krishna is without a doubt the most notorious god. His presence in the battle of Mahabharata is most talked about. His ideologies and teachings have always been of importance in the lives of people.
These are some of the most interesting facts about Lord Krishna’s life :
Krishna's good looks are the matter of folklore, but though commonly depicted in paintings and idols as blue, his skin color was actually dark. Spiritualists believe that his all-inclusive, magnetic aura had blue hues and so he is generally depicted as being blue in color. more
He had a total of 16,108 wives, of which only eight were his princely wives who were known as Ashtbharya or Patrani. Their names were Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, Nagnajiti, Kalindi, Mitravinda, Bhadra and Lakshmana.more
Krishna had eighty sons from his eight wives, thus ten sons from each wife.
Ekalavya was actually Krishna’s cousin. He was the son of Devashrava (brother of Vasudeva) who got lost in the forest and was found by a Nishada Hiranyadhanu. Ekalavya died protecting his father during Rukmini Swayamvara. He was killed by Krishna. For his great sacrifice to Gurudakshina Krishna blessed Eklavya that he would soon be incarnated to kill Drona. This person was Dhrishtadyumna (who killed Drona).more
Pandavas were related to Lord Krishna from mother’s side. Their mother, Kunti, was the sister of Vasudeva, father of Shri Krishna.
Despite the popularity of Radha Krishna love tale, there are no traces of the existence of Radha in Shrimad Bhagavata or Mahabharata or the Harivansham, which is about the life of Lord Krishna.
Satyabhama was jealous of Rukmini when she was fully devoted to Krishna. The famous incident of Tulabharam established that Rukmini’s simplicity was much better than Satyabhama’s wealth.
He brought back the son of his guru (teacher), Sandipani, who was dead. That’s how he paid his Gurudakshina to Sage Sandipani.
Krishna’s character can be very perplexing. At one time he started to fight with Arjuna, and Lord Shiva had to descend to stop. When asked about the reason, he said that Arjuna needed to fight in the battle and that he was testing Arjuna if he could fight or not.more
Sudarshan Chakra is perhaps Krishna’s most favorite weapon. He used it to kill Shishupal and also used it to create the illusion of sunset when he killed Jayadratha.
Sri Krishna had once advised Arjuna to abduct his sister Subhadra and take her away. This was because Krishna knew that she would get married to Duryodhana, who Krishna did not approve of. Later Arjuna and Subhadra were married with the blessings of Krishna and Balarama.more
Krishna died due to the culmination of many curses. As legend goes, Gandhari's curse on Krishna was that he would die with the entirety of his clan in 36 years. Krishna was cursed a second time by the sage Durvasa, when he was asked by him to apply kheer all over his body. Krishna obeyed but did not apply kheer on Durvasa's feet as they were resting on the ground. Enraged, Durvasa cursed Krishna saying that his death would be by his foot. more
Lord Krishna’s life is sure to make you feel inspired and amazed.
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