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However, Krishna blew his conch and instantly, Banasura's charioteer was killed and his chariot broken and shattered. When Shiva's forces had been defeated, Jvara, the embodiment of Shiva's fever, bearing three heads and three feet, attacked Krishna with scorching heat. Krishna produced his own Jvara of frigid coldness, and the two fought each ...
When Krishna started chopping Banasura's arms, Shiva returned to his senses and extolled the glories of Krishna, and urged him not to kill Banasura, whom he had bestowed with fearlessness. Obliging, Krishna replied that he had never intended to kill Banasura, since he was the son of Bali and the grandson of the devout Prahlada. Vishnu had ...
When Krishna started chopping Banasura's arms, Shiva returned to his senses and extolled the glories of Krishna, not to kill Banasura, whom he had bestowed with fearlessness. Obliging, Krishna replied that he had never intended to kill Banasura, since he was the son of Bali and the grandson of the devout Prahlada. Vishnu had promised Bali not ...
Kamsa (Sanskrit: कंस, IAST: Kaṃsa) was the tyrant ruler of the Vrishni kingdom, with its capital at Mathura.He is variously described in Hindu literature as either a human or an asura; The Puranas describe him as an asura, [1] [2] while the Harivamśa describes him as an asura reborn in the body of a man. [3]
Narayanastra: Invincible and painful, this astra is unconquerable except by total submission, this astra was used by Krishna against Shiva when Shiva was fighting on behalf of the evil Banasura, when Shiva charged his personal Pashupatastra on Krishna, Krishna used this to make Shiva fall asleep, allowing him to move past him and cut off ...
Banasura was a great devotee of Shiva, and as a boon had asked him and his entire family to guard the gates of his city, Tezpur. He was not afraid of Krishna's wrath. A war ensued between the Hari (Krishna and his followers) and the Hars (Shiva and his followers), rivers of blood flowed and the city was named Tezpur (City of Blood).
Due to the Usha-Anirudh affair, Lord Krishna fought here with him, and in this battle, Lord Siva stood against the former. The legend goes that the head of the defeated king Banasura was buried in front of the entry gate now marked as a raised platform to the first courtyard. After Banasura, Pradyumna son of Lord Krishna ruled this area.
The history of earnest is thousands of years old. It is called the city of Banasura, because the premonition of Usha, the daughter of Banasura and Aniruddha, the great-grandson of Lord Krishna, is described in Srimad Bhagwat 10.62 and Puranas. The Bayana Usha Temple here is a proof of this. In the year 322 Gupta dynasty was ruled by ...