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Krishna is often depicted wearing a peacock-feather wreath or crown, and playing the bansuri (Indian flute). [93] [94] In this form, he is usually shown standing with one leg bent in front of the other in the Tribhanga posture. He is sometimes accompanied by cows or a calf, which symbolise the divine herdsman Govinda.
Govardhana Shila. The Govardhana Shila is a rock from the Govardhana Hill in Braj, Uttar Pradesh, India. Govardhan Hill holds a unique position in Hindu scriptures related to Krishna, the land called Braj where He was born. Known as Govardhan or Giriraj and being the sacred centre of Braj, it is identified as a natural form of Krishna.
Lord / Father of Guruvayoor) also rendered as Guruvayoorappan, is a form of Vishnu worshipped mainly in Kerala, India. He is the presiding deity of the Guruvayur Temple, [1] who is worshipped as Krishna in his child form, also known as Guruvayur Unnikkannan (lit. 'Little Krishna' of Guruvayoor).
Doj (Dvitiya) Mela, Dhulandi (Holi), Phalguna Doj, Bhadra Doj. Baba Mohan Ram[2] (Devanagari: बाबा मोहन राम) is a Hindu deity. He was a Hindu Gurjar by caste, He is considered by his adherents to be an avatar of the deity Krishna, who appeared during the Dvapara Yuga. [1]: 67.
A large beautiful butterfly with a prominent swallowtail, the Krishna peacock has a wingspan of 120 to 130 mm (4.7 to 5.1 in) It has black upper forewings with a thin prominent yellow discal band running across the wing, parallel to the body. The upper hindwing has a large blue discal patch which tapers off into a greenish yellow band from its ...
The legend states that the Mayura was created from the feathers of Garuda, another divine birds of Hindu culture. Garuda is believed to be a vahana (conveyance) of Vishnu, one of the Trimurti. In images of the mayura as a mythical bird, it is depicted as killing a snake, which according to a number of Hindu scriptures, is a symbol of cycle of ...
Neminatha was the twenty-second Tirthankara (ford-maker) of the avasarpiṇī (present descending cycle of Jain cosmology). [12] [13] [14] Jain tradition place him as a contemporary of Krishna, the ninth and last vasudev. [15]
Sandipani (Sanskrit: सान्दीपनि, romanized: Sāndīpani), sometimes rendered Sāndīpana, is the guru of Krishna and Balarama in Hinduism. He is regarded to have educated them regarding all the Vedas, the art of drawing, astronomy, gandharva veda, medicine, training elephants and horses, and archery. [1]