Facts About Lord Krishna

Lord Krishna is a Hindu deity, worshipped across many traditions of Hinduism in a variety of different perspectives. Lord Krishna is recognized as the eighth avatar of the God Vishnu or as the Supreme God in other traditions. Lord Krishna is one of the most widely revered and most popular of all Hindu deities. Here are some unknown facts about Lord Krishna.

1) Krishna brought back the dead son of his Guru, Sage Sandipani and by this act he paid Guru Dakshina to his Guru.

2) Krishna had 16,108 wives. Out of which eight were princely queens and he had 80 sons in all. 10 sons from each of these eight wives.

3) The first person who told Karna about the secret of his birth was “Lord Krishna”.

4) Rukmini, the wife of Lord Krishna is considered to be an avatar of Goddess Laxmi.

5) The narration of Bhagwada Gita was firstly not only heard by Arjuna, it was also heard by Hanumana and Sanjay at the same time.

6) Pradyumana, the son of Lord Krishna was Kamdeva who was turned into ashes in his earlier life by Lord Shiva.

7) Draupadi meant a lot to Krishna. She is also believed to be his true lover and a fast friend. He loved and protected her like a true friend forever.

8) Lord Krishna is actually related to the Pandavas from the maternal side. It is said that Kunti, the mother of the Pandava princes, was the sister of Vasudev; Krishna’s father.

9) Lord Krishna was killed by an arrow from the hunter Jara, who mistook Krishna’s feet to be the body of a deer. Krishna was resting in the forest during this time, where he had gone to observe penance. Jara was Bali in his earlier birth, who had been killed by Lord Rama.

10)Lord Krishna was cursed by Queen Gandhari, which led to his death and the destruction of his dynasty.

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