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Alternate icons of Krishna show him as a baby (Bala Krishna, the child Krishna), a toddler crawling on his hands and knees, a dancing child, or an innocent-looking child playfully stealing or consuming butter (Makkan Chor), [100] holding Laddu in his hand (Laddu Gopal) [101] [102] or as a cosmic infant sucking his toe while floating on a banyan ...
The Tamil devotional song, 'Enna Thavam Seithanai' is addressed to Yashoda, rhetorically wondering what penance she had performed to raise Krishna as her own child. [12] The Carnatic song, "Thaaye Yashoda", composed by Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi , is another song addressed to Yashoda from the perspective of gopikas who complain about Krishna's ...
This legend is celebrated on Janmashtami by people keeping fasts, singing devotional songs of love for Krishna, and keeping a vigil into the night. [15] Throughout Krishna's childhood and young adult life, Balarama, Krishna's half-brother, was a "constant companion" for him. Balarama joined Krishna in the major events that are celebrated in ...
Little Krishna spent His childhood years in the beautiful land of Vrindavan, filling the hearts of the inhabitants with pure love for Him. The villagers led a blissful and contented life. Krishna and His cowherd friends usually spent their days playing in the lush green pastures of Vrindavan and the cool waters of river Yamuna.
Krishna Janmashtami is a joyous and widely celebrated festival in India, commemorating the birth of Krishna. The festival typically falls in August or September, on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in the Hindu lunar calendar. Throughout India, devotees observe Krishna Janmashtami with great fervor and enthusiasm.
It contains narrative verses glorifying Krishna meant for community singing. It is a bhakti kayva par excellence, written in a lively and simple language, it has "stories and songs for amusement [for children], it delights the young with true poetic beauty and elderly people find here religious instruction and wisdom".
The Hare Krishna mantra appears in a number of famous songs, notably those of George Harrison. His first solo single " My Sweet Lord " topped charts around the world in 1970–71. Harrison put a Hare Krishna sticker on the back of the headstock of Eric Clapton 's 1964 Gibson ES-335 ; the sticker also appears on Gibson's 2005 reproduction of the ...
It also showcases several leelas of Krishna like Yamuna lowering her water level after touching his feet, him protecting whole Gokul-Vrindavan by giving them shelter under Govardhan hill while trying to teach Indra a lesson, Kaliya Naag getting defeated by him in Yamuna, Krishna and his friends stealing butter from cowherd women's homes ...