Krishna in the cradle Yasoda lulling Hari to sleep, Shaking the cradle, cuddling and fondling, Singing to him a song. My darling is sleepy Why doesn’t sleep come along? Come sleep, com... Read more

Note:-The cult of the ‘child-god’ was based upon, and grew on, the dynamic tension inherent in such an appellation. A child is particularly accessible and capable of appropriatio... Read more

Krishna As Child: Part-II The image of Krishna the butter thief has caught the imagination of both believers and non-believers in a way few other images have. Krishna, on all fours, holding... Read more

A host of demons, in the form of different animals, reptiles, or birds, were killed by the child Krishna and Balarama. Vatsasura, sent by Karnsa, came in the guise of a calf; Krishna recogni... Read more

In this pool lived the king of nagas (serpents), the five-headed Kaliya. One day Krishna and the gopas tending the herd strayed near Kaliya’s abode. Some of the gopas and cows were ina... Read more

The Lord himself became incarnate in the eighth conception of Devaki. Yoganidra simultaneously entered the womb of Yasoda, the wife of Nanda, the gentle leader of the cowherd settlement at G... Read more