Lord Krishna One of the most popular Indian deities across the globe, Krishna, has been loved and worshipped by various people from different walks of life. So much oral and written literature speaks of his glories as the most colourful avatars of Lord Vishnu, who is Godhead in Hinduism and more specifically, the Vaishnava tradition. Krishna is a being, larger than life and impossible to capture in this little article, however I will try to grasp some aspects of his life here. Born in the prison of the city of Mathura during a stormy night, Krishna like Jesus Christ, was a child facing persecution by a tyrannical king, known as Kansa, who dreaded a prophecy which spoke about a child who would kill him. Sadly, the prophesy was about his own sister and brother-in-law’s eighth child. The prophesy declared that the eighth child of his sister, Princess Devaki would kill Kansa. Fearing the prophesy, Kansa immediately imprisoned his sister Devaki and brother-in-law Vasudeva. He merc...
