Krishna facts for kids

Krishna

Krishna is an important figure in Hinduism. He is considered to have been an Avatar of the god Vishnu. Krishna is believed to have been a real person who took part in the war known as the Mahabharata. He is a central character in the important Hindu scripture the Bhagavad Gita. Hindus often consider him a warrior, hero, teacher and philosopher.

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Krishna with cows, herdsmen and Gopis.
Krishna lifting Govardhana at Bharat Kala Bhavan, recovered from a Muslim graveyard in Varanasi. It is dated to be from the Gupta Empire era (4th/6th-century CE).
Krishna is celebrated in the Vaishnava tradition in various stages of his life, such as Makkan chor (butter thief).
Bala Krishna dancing, 14th century CE Chola sculpture, Tamil Nadu.from Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Krishna as Vasudeva on a coin of Agathocles of Bactria, circa 180 BCE.
Heliodorus Pillar in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Installed about 120 BCE, the pillar's inscription states that Heliodorus is a Bhagvatena. A couplet in it closely paraphrases a Sanskrit verse from the Mahabharata.
Vasudeva carrying the newborn Krishna to Nand's house in Gokul via river Yamuna.
Krishna holding Govardhan hill as depicted in Pahari painting
Krishna with Radha
Iconographic representation in an Andhra Pradesh temple of Krishna and Arjuna at the Kurukshetra war.
14th-century fresco of Krishna in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
Rasa Lila in Manipuri dance style.
Krishna (left) with Radha at Bhaktivedanta Manor, Watford, England
An ISKCON temple in Luçay-le-Mâle, France.
Krishna lifts "Govardhan" mountain, a 7th century artwork from Da Nang archeological site, Vietnam.
A Kathak performance.
Depiction of Krishna playing flute in the temple constructed in CE 752 on the order of Emperor Shomu; Todai-ji Temple, Great Buddha Hall in Nara, Japan