Who is Krishna?

Krishna, Sanskrit Kṛṣṇa, one of the most widely revered and most popular of all Indian divinities, worshipped as the eighth incarnation (avatar, or avatara) of the Hindu god Vishnu and also as a supreme god in his own right.
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What is Krishna known for?

He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one of the most popular and widely revered among Indian divinities.
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Is Krishna and Jesus the same person?

The claim that "Christ" comes from Krishna is completely baseless, because Christ is Greek for "anointed one" and Krishna is an unrelated personal name.
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Who created Lord Krishna?

Kansa had usurped the throne of Mathura from his father, the benevolent King Ugrasen. Mother Earth took the form of a cow and went to Lord Brahma, the creator God of Hinduism, with her plight. Lord Brahma then summoned Lord Vishnu, who assured Mother Earth that he would take birth as Lord Krishna to end this tyranny.
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Is Lord Krishna real?

"There is sufficient evidence available now to suggest that Krishna was indeed a historical figure, who lived about 5000 years ago. This evidence is not just literary but also archaeological, geographical as well as astronomical," he claims.
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What language did Krishna speak?

Originally Answered: Which language did Krishna speak? Sanskrit! It's God's language. All Vedic scriptures are mostly written in Sanskrit.
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How did Krishna look like?

The figure of Lord Krishna is depicted as having blue or blue-black skin. He holds a flute (bansuri) and sometimes accompanied by a cow or cowherd. Krishna is also known by many other names, such as Govinda, Madhusudhana, Vasudeva and Mukunda.
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Is Krishna a boy or girl?

In Hinduism, god is sometimes visualized as a male god such as Krishna (left), or goddess such as Lakshmi (middle), bigender such as Ardhanarishvara (a composite of Shiva - male - and Parvati - female) (right), or as formless and genderless Brahman (Universal Absolute, Supreme Self as Oneness in everyone).
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Is Krishna alive?

Krishna died due to the culmination of many curses. As legend goes, Gandhari's curse on Krishna was that he would die with the entirety of his clan in 36 years. Krishna was cursed a second time by the sage Durvasa, when he was asked by him to apply kheer all over his body.
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What kind of God is Krishna?

Krishna is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of the god Vishnu and also as the supreme God in his own right. He is the god of compassion, tenderness and love in Hinduism, and is one of the most popular and widely revered among Indian divinities.
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Who is the real God?

In Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity describes God as one God in three divine Persons (each of the three Persons is God himself). The Most Holy Trinity comprises God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit.
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Did Krishna go heaven?

Krishna helps the Pandavas in the defeat of the Kauravas. - After the death of Jarasandha and the defeat of the Kauravas, Krishna is declared Narayana, or Ardha-Chakri. - For causing so much bloodshed, Krishna does not rise to heaven, but experience death, and in a future life will be born as a Tirthankara.
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Did Jesus came to India?

Rejection by modern mainstream New Testament scholarship

Marcus Borg states that the suggestions that an adult Jesus traveled to Egypt or India and came into contact with Buddhism are "without historical foundation".
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Why did Krishna marry 16000 wives?

Being trapped in dharma, Shri Krishna accepted all women as his wives so that they live an honorable life and nobody dares to mock them. To restore their honor and give them the status of queen, Shri Krishna married them. That is how he came to have 16,108 wives.
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What Krishna says about life?

In Bhagavad-Gita Lord Krishna said that everything happens for a cause or good reason. Whatever happens in life happen for good and there is always a cause or reason behind that. He also mentioned that we all are children of God, the one creator. God is supreme power and this world is governed by him.
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Is Krishna the most powerful god?

lord Krishna is above them and most powerful. most of the people does not know that lord Krishna is supreme. and lord Vishnu has originated from him not that lord Krishna has originated from Vishnu.
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Who killed Lord Krishna?

Who Killed Krishna? Jara the hunter was hunting the deer, while the lord Krishna was resting in the forest. That hunter misunderstood the moving foot of Krishna as a hidden deer and shot a lethal arrow that pierced into Krishna's feet.
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At what age Krishna died?

Lord Krishna was 125 years 7 months at the time of his death.
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Who is the most beautiful male God in Hinduism?

Kāmadeva is represented as a young, handsome man who wields a bow and arrows. His bow is made of sugarcane, and his arrows are decorated with five kinds of fragrant flowers. The five flowers are white lotus, Ashoka tree flowers, Mango tree flowers, Jasmine flowers and blue lotus flowers.
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Why Rama and Krishna are blue?

The legends tell us that Lord Krishna had drunk poisoned milk given by a demon when he was a baby and that had caused the bluish tinge in his skin.
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How old is Lord Krishna?

1) Krishna was born 5,252 years ago as on 11/08/2020. 7) Time : 00:00 A.M. 8) Shri Krishna lived 125 years, 08 months & 07 days. 9) Date of Death : 18th February 3102 B.C.
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Why is Krishna so attractive?

As Krishna himself says in the Bhagavad Gita, he is the strength in the strong, the wisdom in the wise, the beauty in the beautiful and the dignity in the dignified. He is the very life force in every living being.
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What is Krishna's favorite color?

Yellow must be Krishna's favorite colour because he is known as Pitambardhari, means the one who wears yellow. He is also known as Hari, and lord Hari is associated with Haridra (turmeric, which is yellow in colour).
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