Today is apparently Kamsa Vadh Day, the anniversary of when Krishna killed Kamsa and reinstated Ugrasena as the king of Mathura. This festival is observed on Kartik Shukla Dashami, the tenth day of ...

Many Hindus around the world will celebrate Krishna Janmashtami, the birthday of the Hindu god Krishna, on Sept. 6. The birth celebrations occur on the eighth day after the full moon in the month of ...

Unable to bear the atrocities of Kamsa, everyone, from ordinary people to devas, aligned with the goddess of earth, Bhooma Devi, and decided to petition Maha Vishnu in person. At that moment, Vishnu ...

Only when the dark skinned, lotus eyed eighth son of Devaki, Krishna, straddled Kamsa's chest and pummeled his false ego to death, in the wrestling arena, was he promoted to a higher existence, free ...

Krishna’s birthday is a celebration of Vishnu’s incarnation that has endured as an ishta devta or favourite god for millennia, writes Swami Nikhilananda Saraswati anma Ashtami or Janmashtami, the ...

Krishna's birth is commemorated and observed on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the dark fortnight (Krishna Paksha) in Bhadrapada Masa. What’s so special about ‘Krishna Janmashtami’? Krishna Janmashtami, ...

Organised by Tripunithura Kathakali Kendra as part of its monthly programme, Kamsa Janardhanam took the audience through the helplessness of Kamsa’s father Ugrasen, who was imprisoned by his own son; ...

7 revered moments from Lord Krishna’s life Infant Krishna ate mud while crawling, and Yashoda, his loving mother, was amazed to see the entire cosmos in his tiny mouth.

It is explained in Srimad Bhagavatam, the various incarnations of the Lord as He appears in various places, various times to various personalities. The Lord appears in this world, millennium after ...