God Shri Krishna took birth in the world to establish righteousness. Shri Krishna is the supreme personality of Godhead. Here, you will find images of Sri Krishna that you can download and use as mobile wallpaper, photos, pictures etc for free HD download. Krishna is the most popular god in Hinduism. He is also one of the central characters in the epic Mahabharata.
Interesting Facts about Lord Krishna that you never knew
Here is a list of some lesser-known but essential fact about the Lord Krishna the most people probably don’t know.
- Krishna has 108 names.
It is said that Krishna had 108 nicknames, some of the most ones being Govind, Mohan, Gopal, Devakinandan, Ghanshyam, Shyam, Girdhari, Hari, Baanke Bihari. We are sure that you know a few of these popular names of Lord Krishna.
- Lord Krishna’s skin colour was not blue it was dark
In most of the modern depictions, paintings and statues, the skin colour of Krishna are shown as blue, but it was dark. Most of the devotes believe that his inclusive magnetic aura had blue hues, which is the reason why it’s usually represented as blue.
- Panchjanya which was the conch was Krishna, was used as a war cry for the Pandavas in Kurukshetra
After the end of the indicated victory of Dharma, Lord Krishna blew in panchjanya to begin the war of Kurukshetra. It is said that Krishna’s conch had some strong reverberations in the entire world when blown.
- Krishna killed his cousin Eklavya
Most of you might know the skilled archer Eklavya. He was the son of Devsharavu who was the brother of Krishna’s father, Vasudev. After Dronacharya makes his pupil, Eklavya cut off his right thumb as his gurudakshina, Krishna grants him a blessing to be reincarnated to get his revenge on his teacher Dronacharya.
After this Eklavya reincarnated as Dhristadyumna, and killed Dronacharya. After that Dhristadyumna was killed by Krishna in the battle of Kurukshetra
- Krishna died Due to many different curses because of his acts
Krishna’s life came to an end because of multiple curses. As the mythology suggests, Gandhari cursed Krishna that in the 36 years he and his clan will perish. He got his second curse from Durvasa when Krishna was asked to apply kheer all over Durvasa body. Krishna did obey this order and applied kheer on all over the sage’s body, but he left the feet because they were on the ground. Due to this, Durvasa cursed him that his death would be by his foot.
So, these are some of the vital facts about Lord Krishna that everyone who is interested in mythologies should know. If you want to know of such facts, let us know down in the comments below.
Krishna was quite ‘the dude’ of his time; it is pretty clear by one of his nickname Mohan’, which translates into ‘a charmer’ and bewitching. Most of us only know Krishna the 8th avatar of Vishnu as the little butter thief of Gokul or Arjun’s guide in the great Mahabharat. But Krishna is so much more than this.
The word Krishna literally means “Black” in Sanskrit. Generally, the most attractive god is Lord Krishna. Let it be a kid, young boy or a man it is his beauty that attracts many people. Let his picture be in black, blue, red or any other, he is always the cutest among all others.
