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The lady charmer, Lord Krishna is a form of Lord Vishnu or the 8th avatar of Lord Vishnu. Since his childhood, he was amongst women or Gopiya which is why any hunk surrounded by women is called Kanhaiya (Another name for Krishna). Much about Lord Krishna is known to us through one of the holy books of Hindus ‘Mahabharata’ where he saved Draupadi from chir haran (stripping of one’s clothes). However, there’s more to the Sudarshana Chakra Krishna.
| Event | Date |
| Birth | 18th July 3228 BC |
| Month | Shravan |
| Day | Ashtami |
| Nakshatra | Rohini |
| Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time | 00:00 A.M. |
| Age at Mega War | 89 years old |
| Mega War | 3139 BC |
| Age at Death | 125 years, 08 months, 07 days |
| Death | 18th February 3102 BC |
Top 10 Facts About Lord Krishna
- When Krishna was just a kid he managed to kill 16 asurs (Demons) who were named Putna, turnavarta, Shakatasur, Bakasur, Vatsasur, aghasur, arishtasur, Dhenukasur, Shankhachura, Kalia, Pralambasur. Keshi, Kuvalaypeeda, Vyomasur, Banasur, Kalayavan.
- As opposed to most of the images of Lord Krishna, his color was not blue but dark.
- Shri Krishna married not just one, or eight women, but 16,100 more. The most common name we know of Krishna’s wife is Rukmani, another common perception of his wives is that he married 8 women. As a matter of fact, Krishna married 16,100 more women whom he rescued after defeating Narakasura and gave him the status of queen in the society.
- Do you ever wonder how many sons did Lord Krishna have? Well, he had in total 80 sons, 10 kids from each of the eight primary wives (Ashtabharya).
- Bhagavad Gita, the most revered Hindu scripture was heard by two more people at the time it was recited. Lord Hanuman and Sanjaya heard it from Lord Krishna.
- Apart from Krishna, Kanhaiya, and Vishu Avatar, Lord Krishna has 108 more names.
| Achala | Achyuta | Adbhutah | Adideva | Aditya | Ajanma |
| Ajaya | Akshara | Amrit | Anand-sagar | Anant | Anantajeet |
| Ananya | Anirudh | Aparajit | Avyukta | Balagopala | Balakrishna |
| Chaturbhuja | Danavendra | Dayalu | Dayanidhi | Devadidev | Devakinandana |
| Devesh | Dharmadhyaksha | Dravin | Dwarkapati | Gopal | Gopalriya |
| Govinda | Gyaneshwar | Hari | Hiranyagarbha | Hrishikesha | Jagadguru |
| Jagadisha | Jagannath | Janardana | Jayantah | Jyotiraditya | Kamalnath |
| Kamalnayan | Kamsantak | Kanjalochana | Keshav | Krishna | Lakshikantam |
| Lokadhyaksha | Madan | Madhav | Madhusudana | Mahendra | Manmohan |
| Manohar | Mayur | Mohan | Murali | Murlidhar | Murlimanohar |
| Nandgopal | Nandakumara | Narayana | Navaneetha-chor | Niranjana | Nirgun |
| Padmahasta | Padmanabha | Parbrahamana | Paramatma | Parampurush | Parthasarathi |
| Prajapati | Punyah | Purushottam | Ravilochana | Sahasraakash | Sahsrajeet |
| Sakshi | Sanatana | Sarvajana | Sarvapalaka | Sarveshwar | Satyavachan |
| Satyavrata | Shantah | Shreshtha | Shrikanta | Shyam | Shyamsundar |
| Sumedha | Suresham | Swargapati | Trivikram | Upendra | Vaikunthanath |
| Varshneya | Vasudev | Vishnu | Vishwadakshinah | Vishwakarma | Vishwamurte |
| Vishwarupa | Vishwatma | Vrishaparva | Yadava | Yadavendra | Yoginampati |
- In the famous boos, Shrimad Bhagavat, Mahabharata, and Harivansham, it is a suspenseful fact about Krishna, that there is no evidence of the Radha Rani. And we all know the name of Krsihan is always associated with Radha.
- Krishna saved Draupadi’s life in the famous Mahabharata. However, he was related to Drauadi in other ways as well. Draupadi is known to be the incarnation of Mata Parvati and it is no fact that Lord Krishna is the incarnation of Lord Vishnu who is known to be the brother of the Parvati mata. Therefore they both are related.
- Similarly, it is said that Eklavya is also related to Lord Krishna. How?
- Did Lord Krishna ever die?
After the end of the Kurukshetra war, Lord Krishna went to Gandhari, the mother of 100 Kauravas who were dead, to pay his condolences. The angry Gandhari cursed him, within years, he would fall. Moreover, Saga Durvasa also cursed him after Krishna refused to apply Kheer on his feet, that it would be his feet that would make him dead.
These are all the lesser-known facts about Lord Krishna that everyone should know.
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