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The seventh and the eighth cantos relate the legend of Krishna lifting the hill Govardhana and his rasa-lila, his dance with the milkmaids called the gopis. The poem then describes the arrival of Akrura and Krishna's journey to Mathura , where he slays his tyrannical uncle Kamsa .
Jayadeva was an 11th-century Sanskrit poet and lyricist from present-day India. The works of Jayadeva have had a profound influence on Indian culture. They form the basis of the east Indian classical dance form, Odissi as well as traditional classical music of the state, Odissi music and have strongly influenced the Bharatanatyam classical dance as well as Carnatic music.
Ammana was a son and the successor of the Yadava king Mahadeva. Mahadeva had ascended the throne around 1261, after the death of his elder brother Krishna, probably because Krishna's son Ramachandra was a minor at the time. When Mahadeva died around 1270, Ammana became the new king, but Ramachandra contested his claim to the throne.
Ahir culture is rooted in pastoralism and closely associated to the worship of Krishna and Shiva. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] Through Sanskritization, [ 3 ] the Ahirs linked themselves to the Yadu tribe by claiming descent from Nandavanshi, Yaduvanshi, and Goallavanshi, elevating their status within the caste hierarchy.
Krishnanattam. Krishnanattam (IAST: Kṛṣṇanāṭṭaṃ) is a temple art in Kerala, India.It is a dance drama and presents the story of Krishna in a series of eight plays and was created by Manaveda (1585–1658 AD), the then Zamorin Raja of Calicut in northern Kerala. [1]
Krishna and Radha dancing the rasalila, a 19th-century painting, Rajasthan. The Raslila (Sanskrit: रासलीला, romanized: Rāsalīlā), [1] [2] also rendered the Rasalila or the Ras dance, is part of a traditional story described in Hindu texts such as the Bhagavata Purana and Gita Govinda, where Krishna dances with Radha and the gopis of Braj.
The most well-known musical composition of Narayana Teertha, the 17th century Carnatic music composer, is a Sanskrit opera called the Sri Krishna Leela Tarangini. [1] [2] It is believed Lord Krishna danced [3] to the Tharangams. It is an opera suitable for dramatic dance and it has been adapted by Kuchipudi dancers over the last two centuries.
The term Yadav (or Yadava) has been interpreted to mean "a descendant of Yadu," who is a mythological king. [18]Using "very broad generalisations", Jayant Gadkari says that it is "almost certain" from analysis of the Puranas that Andhaka, Vrishni, Satvata and Abhira were collectively known as Yadavas and worshipped Krishna.