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16 unusual facts about Krishna


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Govindadasa (born 1535), Bengali Vaishnava poet known for his body of devotional songs addressed to Krishna

Andhra Vishnu

Perhaps in his honor, people had dedicated a new temple now located at Srikakulam, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh.

Jignas

His superlative performance at the schooling age of 14 while studying class IX in Second South Asian Archery championship held in Jamshedpur has brought fame to the entire Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh archery fraternity and also to Volga Archery academy under international coach Lenin, who died in an accident while travelling back home along with

John Macquarrie

In that book, Macquarrie commented on what he called 9 historical figures who were viewed by their followers as mediators between the human and the divine (however it was conceived), Moses, Zoroaster, Lao-Tzu, Buddha, Confucius, Socrates, Krishna, Jesus, and Muhammad.

Kohoj

Towards the right of the human structure is a small temple of Lord Krishna.

Letchmore Heath

He commented about Letchmore Heath, that because it was so beautiful with many forest walks, it reminded him of Krishna’s birthplace, Vrindavana.

Mathilde Ludendorff

She criticized the lack of depth and tendency towards jargon in his seminal 1932 work Der Yoga als Heilweg and further argued that the teachings of Krishna and Buddha had in fact been adopted by the writers of the Old and New Testaments, making Indian religion off-limits given her aversion to Christianity.

Napoleon Einstein

"We don't believe in God. In our family, we're rationalists. Other people are named Krishna and Ram after Gods, so we were named Einstein and Napoleon after great people."

Patan, Gujarat

Most of the sculpture is in devotion to Vishnu, in the forms of his Avatars (Krishna, Rama and others), representing their return to the world.

Petaling Jaya

There is a Mariamman Temple in Jalan 17/47, and the Geeta Ashram is a north-Indian style Hindu Temple dedicated to Krishna.

Punukollu

People belonging to the Punukollu group are mostly from the areas of Pedaparupudi in Krishna district, Gudivada in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh .

Savanur

These are said to be more than 5000 years old and locals believe that Lord Krishna brought the seeds of the same from Africa and planted them here.

Sisodiya Rani Bagh

The palace has many galleries, pavilions and beautiful murals depicting scenes from the life of lord Krishna.

Subhaprasanna

The iconic figures of Krishna, Radha, and Ganesha that found lyrical expression in the Icons series are modern representations and sophisticated idealizations of the same images in the popular media.

The Dry Salvages

Within the poem, Eliot invokes the image of Krishna to emphasise the need to follow the divine will instead of seeking personal gain.

Venkatapuram

Venkatapuram, Krishna, a village in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India


Ahir Yadav Kshatriya Mahasabha

Singh was a descendant of the Abhira dynasty, and the association stated that the Ahirs were the descendants of the Yadu dynasty to which the god Krishna belonged, and thus were members of the Kshatriya (warrior) class in the Hindua varna system.

Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express

On 6 July 2005, Shri Anjan Kumar Yadav, MP, and Hyderabad mayor, Teegala Krishna Reddy, flagged off the train from Secunderabad station when the service was extended to Tirupati via Kurnool, Dhone and Kadapa.

Asit Krishna Mukherji

Asit Krishna Mukherji (1898-March 21, 1977) was a Bengali Brahmin with National Socialist convictions who published pro-Axis journals.

Atmananda Krishna Menon

He was born as P. Krishna Menon in 1883 at Cherukulathu House, in Peringara, near Tiruvalla, in the state of Travancore, now a part of Kerala.

Bhau-beej

According to another popular legend in Hindu mythology, after slaying the evil demon Narkasur, Lord Krishna visited his sister Subhadra who gave him a warm welcome with sweets and flowers.

Birendra Krishna Bhadra

On the Mahalaya day in 2006, Sujata Bhadra, daughter of the late Birendra Krishna Bhadra, got a cheque for Rs 50917 from music company, Saregama India Ltd as a royalty for her father's famous work.

Devnarayan

The deities invoked are Sharada, Ganesha, Sarasvati, Maccha, Kacchap, Varaha, Narasimha, Vaman, Parashuram, Ram and Krishna Avatars of Vishnu, Bhairunath, Ramdev, Shani, Surya and Chandrama.

Hans Kary

:For the American Hare Krishna, also known as Hans Kary, see Hansadutta Swami

Hanuman Junction

Hanuman Junction is a town which lies in border between Krishna and West Godavari districts in Andhra Pradesh state in India.

Hinduism in England

Some of the larger and more famous temples include the Swaminarayan Temple in Neasden, the Bhaktivedanta Manor (Hare Krishna) Temple in Letchmore Heath near Watford, the Balaji Temple in Birmingham, the Sanatan Mandir in Leicester, the Vishwa Hindu Mandir in Southall, the Murugan Temple in Manor Park and the Gujarat Hindu Society Krishna Temple in Preston.

Kajri

The film has five songs sung by Debojit Saha (of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa fame), Pamela Jain, Reshma, and Krishna Daulatani.

Kaliprasanna Singha

Eminent gentlemen like Krishnadas Pal, Acharya Krishna Kamal Bhattacharya, Peari Chand Mitra, and Radhanath Sikdar were associated with it.

Kaliyan

Chithira Buthira also noted that Mayon had taken a 4-span body in the previous yugas, as Narasimha, Rama, and Krishna, and so Kali, in this yuga, was born with the body of same size, and he pushed himself out of the earth.

Kanji Morarji Rathor

He was closely associated with Ram Krishna Mission and served as President of Ram Krishna Mission, Raipur unit from 1968 till his death in 1989 and was also responsible for establishment of Ram Krishna Kutir at Amarkantak.

King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam

The need for expansion of the hospital gave rise to construction of the Bhavanagar Ward, which was later inaugurated by Shri Krishna Kumar Sinhji of Bhavnagar, then Governor of Madras in December, 1949.

Krishna Mandir demolition reports

In May 2006, newspapers reported the demolition of Krishna Mandir, a Hindu temple located in Lahore, Pakistan.

Krishna Mohan Banerjee

In 1852, Krishna Mohan was appointed a professor of Oriental Studies at Bishop's College, Kolkata.

Krishna Patrika

Krishna Patrika is a Telugu-language newspaper founded by Indian freedom fighter, Konda Venkatappayya.

Krishna River

Also, located on the banks of the river Krishna is the Sangameshwar Shiva temple at Haripur and Ramling temple near Sangli, as well as, villages such as Jihe.

Krishna Telugu

Krishna Telugu ( Telugu: కృష్ణా తెలుగు ) or Vijayawada Telugu ( Telugu: విజయవాడ తెలుగు ) or standard dialect of Telugu is a type of Telugu dialect spoken in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh and often considered as standard dialect of Telugu.Telugu spoken in Tollywood movies is Krishna Telugu.It has sweetest accent among all Telugu accents of Andhra Pradesh.

Lakshminarasimha Temple, Haranhalli

The sanctum of the three shrines contain an image of the Hindu god Vishnu; Venugopala, Keshava and Lakshminarasimha.

Malaudh

The ruling families of Patiala, Nabha, Jind, Faridkot, Bhadaur and Malaudh all descend from the Raja of Jaisalmer Maharawal Jaisal, Yadu Bhatti Rajputs of Chandra Vanshi clan and descendants of Lord Krishna, Avatar of Lord Vishnu.

Megasthenes' Herakles

As was common in the ancient period, the Greeks sometimes described foreign gods in terms of their own divinities, and there is a little doubt that the Sourasenoi refers to the Shurasenas, a branch of the Yadu dynasty to which Krishna belonged; Herakles to Krishna, or Hari-Krishna: Mehtora to Mathura, where Krishna was born; Kleisobora to Krishnapura, meaning "the city of Krishna"; and the Jobares to the Yamuna, the famous river in the Krishna story.

Motilal Nehru

His eldest son Jawaharlal was born in 1889, followed by two daughters, Sarup (later Vijayalakshmi Pandit) and Krishna (later Krishna Hutheesing) born in 1900 and 1907 respectively.

Naga Kingdom

Vasuki, Takshaka, and the Naga called Airavata, Krishna and Lohita (see Lauhitya), Padma, Chitra, Kamvala, Aswatara, Dhritarashtra, Valahaka, Matimat, Kundadhara, Karkotaka, Dhananjaya, Panimat, Kundaka, Prahlada, Mushikada and Janamejaya wait upon Varuna.

Nila Devi

Sri Parasara Bhattar describes Krishna, intoxicated by Her beauty, as "Neela thunga sthana giri thati suptham".

Ocimum tenuiflorum

Tulasi leaves is an essential part in the worship of God Vishnu (Narayana) and his Avatars including God Krishna, God Rama and other male Vaishnava deities like Hanuman, Balarama, Garuda and many others.

Ogirala

Ogirala is a village in Bapulapadu mandal in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Onavillu

The Anantha Sayanam version of the villu is consecrated to Lord Padmanabha (Vishnu); the one with the Dasavathram painting is offered to Lord Narasimha; the one showing the Krishna-leela is dedicated to Lord Krishna; the one with the painting of Shri Rama Pattabhishekam is consecrated to the idol of Shri Rama.

Padalda

Padalda, popularly known as shree krishna temple, in taluka Shahada in Nandurbar district, Maharashtra, India.

Padmavyuha

The Chakravyūha or Padmavyūha was a special formation (Vyūha), and knowledge of how to penetrate it was limited to only a handful of warriors on the Pandavas' side, namely Abhimanyu, Arjuna, Krishna and Pradyumna.

Panchgani

Panchgani is nestled at middle of five hills in the Sahyādri mountain ranges, also there are five villages around the Pachgani are Dandeghar, Khingar, Godwali, Amral & Taighat.The Krishnā River flows nearby which made the lake of Dhom Dam on the Krishna 9 K.M. from Wai.

Pulin Behari Das

In 1908 he was arrested along with Bhupesh Chandra Nag, Shyam Sundar Chakravarti, Krishna Kumar Mitra, Subodh Mallick and Ashwini Dutta and interred in Montgomery jail.

Road to Emmaus appearance

Commenting on a dream of Wolfgang Pauli Jung stated that the road to Emmaus appearance was similar to Krishna and Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita, and to Moses and El-Khidr in Sura 18 of the Koran.

Sabha Parva

:: The sub-parva describes how and why Krishna first refuses to fight Shishupala, but finally kills him in the assembly hall during the Rajasuya yagna.

Sahibi River

A red stone statue of Vamana Dev was found in the Sahibi riverbed near Bawal in 2002; the statue is now displayed at the Shri Krishna Museum, Kurukshetra.

Sambandha

Reaching Prema, or pure love of Krishna, and returning to the spiritual world in the company of Krishna and his associates, is the ultimate goal of life, which is called "prayojana".

Sharmiela Mandre

She started her film career through the Kannada film Sajni, opposite Dhyan and had her first commercial success with the film Krishna opposite Ganesh.

Shivgopal Krishna

Shivgopal Krishna studied bachelor computer applications BCA in Agra and also has a bachelor's degree in Arts.

Shraddha Nigam

She then played the role of a detective in popular serial Krishna Arjun along with Hussain Kuwajerwala.

Sone Lal Patel

Krishna Patel is National President of Apna Dal and Anupriya Patel is National Secretary of Apna Dal.

Sudra

Shudra, one of the Varnas in the traditional four-section division in the Hindu caste system created by Lord Krishna

The Colorful Character

Gregory Lawrence, an ordinary, nondescript scientist, is dismayed to learn that the famous interplanetary explorer Sir Erik Koskelainen has returned to Earth from the planet Krishna in the Tau Ceti star system, and is to stay with the family of Lícia Ferreira, the girl he has been courting.

The Tower of Zanid

Mjipa, introduced in this novel as a secondary character, would go on to appear in three other Krishna novels; the chronologically earlier The Hostage of Zir and The Prisoner of Zhamanak (the latter as the protagonist), and the chronologically later The Swords of Zinjaban.

The Virgin of Zesh

For the later standard edition of Krishna novels it was published together with The Tower of Zanid in the paperback collection The Virgin of Zesh & The Tower of Zanid by Ace Books in 1983.

Trichambaram uthsavam

In between these dates, for 11 days, thitambu nriththam (a sort of dance with the deities of Krishna and Balarama) is held at Pookoth Nada (1 km from Trichambaram temple).

U. Krishna Rao

Born in 1900 in Madras, Krishna Rao was the son of U. Rama Rao.