Krishna ( Sanskrit: क ृ ष ् ण in IAST, pronounced literally " black, dark blue ") is a Hindu deity, a " complete " avatar ( or " incarnation ") of the preserver-god, Vishnu.

The above quote from Bhagavata Purana with the conclusion that therefore Balarama is supposed to be an incarnation of Vishnu, is obviously a misleading interpretation, as it only says that God appeared as Krishna and Balarama.

In South Indian art – sculptures, bronzes and paintings – Vishnu's incarnation as Narasimha is one of the most chosen themes and amongst Avatars perhaps next only to Rama and Krishna in popularity.

The Bengali saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ( 1486 – 1534 ) is believed by many ( see especially the modern-day ISKCON movement ) to be an incarnation of both Radha and Krishna, simultaneously in one form.

However, in the original Dasavatara stotra, Balarama, the elder brother of Krishna, is stated as the eight incarnation, while Krishna ( Lord Kesava ) is the source of all the incarnation.

In Hinduism, for example, epiphany might refer to the realization of Arjuna that Krishna ( incarnation of God serving as his charioteer in the " Bhagavad Gita ") is indeed representing the Universe.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ( also transliterated Caitanya, IAST ) ( 1486 – 1534 ) was a Vaishnava saint and social reformer in eastern India ( specifically present-day Bangladesh and states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Assam, and Orissa of India ) in the 16th century, worshipped by followers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism as the full incarnation of Lord Krishna.

# Naraka Chaturdashi ( 29 Ashvin or 14 Krishna Paksha Ashvin ): Chaturdashi is the 14th day This was the day on which the demon Narakasura was killed by Krishna – an incarnation of Vishnu.

# Bali Pratipada and Govardhan Puja ( 1 Kartika or 1 Shukla Paksha Kartika ): In North India, this day is celebrated as Govardhan Puja, also called Annakoot, and is celebrated as the day Krishna – an incarnation of god Vishnu – defeated Indra and by the lifting of Govardhana hill to save his kinsmen and cattle from rain and floods.

An even more authoritative statement about forgiveness is espoused by Krishna, who is considered to be an incarnation ( Avatar ) of Vishnu by Hindus.

The incarnation of Vishnu, Krishna himself ( widely revered by Vaishnavites ), was said to be " as black as a full raincloud ".

In 1999, she released the devotional album Om Namah Shivay, which was distributed exclusively online and included an unadulterated musical version of the Hare Krishna mantra ( in real life she believes that the Hindu incarnation of God known as Krishna was ' the king of Jerusalem '.

Yogananda also stated that Krishna was referring to Kriya Yoga when " Lord Krishna … relates that it was he, in a former incarnation, who communicated the indestructible yoga to an ancient illuminato, Vivasvat, who gave it to Manu, the great legislator.

Homosexual and transgender Hindus commonly identify with and worship the various Hindu deities connected with gender diversity such as Ardhanarisvara ( the hermaphrodite form of Shiva ); Aravan ( a hero whom Krishna married after becoming a woman ); Ayyappa ( a god born from the union of Shiva and Mohini, a female incarnation of Vishnu ); Bahuchara-devi ( a goddess connected with transsexuality and eunuchism ); Bhagavati-devi ( a Hindu goddess associated with crossdressing ); Bhagiratha Maharaja ( an Indian king born of two female parents ); Caitanya Mahaprabhu ( an incarnation of Radha and Krishna combined ); Chandi-Chamunda ( twin warrior goddesses ); Gadadhara ( an incarnation of Radha in male form ); Gangamma-devi ( a goddess connected with crossdressing and disguises ); Harihara ( Shiva and Vishnu combined ); Kartikeya ; Vallabhavardhana, Yellamma-devi and countless others.

Garuda plays an important role in Krishna Avatar in which Krishna and Satyabhama ride on Garuda to kill Narakasura.

In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna, an Avatar of Vishnu declared in verse 21, that lust is one of the gates to Naraka or hell.

Some consider Balarama, brother of Krishna, to be the eighth Avatar of Vishnu.

His line of followers, known as Gaudiya Vaishnavas, revere him as an Avatar of Krishna in the mood of Radharani who was prophesied to appear in the later verses of the Bhagavata Purana.

Krishna, another divine king of Hindu legend, who plays a key role in the Mahabharata epic and is revered as the eighth reincarnation ( Avatar ) of the Hindu god Vishnu, is said to have been born in the city of Mathura, in Uttar Pradesh.

Although Meera is often classed with the northern Sant bhaktis who spoke of a formless divinity, there is no doubt that she presents Krishna as the historical master of the Bhagavad Gita who is, even so, the perfect Avatar of the eternal, who is omnipresent but particularly focused in his icon and his temple.

Historically, even Krishna, one of the most revered forms of the Divine ( Avatar ), tended cows.

Adorned with the divine Tulasi garland the idol represents the majestic form of Maha Vishnu as revealed to Vasudeva and Devaki at the time of Krishna Avatar.

According to Vaisnava belief, the Bhagavad Gita is the ultimate statement of spiritual knowledge since it was professed by Lord Krishna who was an Avatar of Vishnu.

This theological difference can be expressed as follows: Many Vaishnava groups recognize Krishna as an Avatar of Vishnu, while others, instead, consider Him to be svayam bhagavan, or the original form of the Lord.

* Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is worshiped as the most recent Avatar of Krishna to descend in the current yuga, or age.

Sarathy ( also spelled Sarathi, both from Sanskrit saratha, " one with a chariot " or " charioteer ") is an epithet of Krishna ( an Avatar of Vishnu ) in the Mahabharata, a Hindu mythological epic.

Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj, suggests that karma is generally fixed and humans reap the fruits of their actions ; he notes that not even God violates the law of karma ; Shri Maharajji cites two prime examples: the Pandavas suffered immensely, even though they were great devotees of Lord Krishna ; even though Vishnu's Avatar Rama was the child of Dasharatha and Kausalya, Kausalya became a widow upon Dasharatha's death, yet He did not interfere to remove their miseries.

So bhakti ( loving devotion ) goes to Bhagavan, Krishna ( the Avatar of Vishnu, Narayana ).

In a part of the Bhagavata Purana, which is named Sukha Sagar ( that is, the Ocean of Bliss ), there is a mythical story which states that Brahma felt that the Avatar ( incarnation ) of Krishna had already taken place on the earth ( Prithvi ).

The city is a Hindu pilgrimage site having the temple of Vindhyavasini, where according to mythology a part of Sati ( an Avatar of Durga ) Born in Nand Yadav Family as sister of Lord Krishna.

Krishna, eighth Avatar of Vishnu was brought up in a Vaishya family though he was a born Kshatriya.

* Next, immediately the soul of Sampooranathevan was installed into the body, along with the Spirit ( not Soul ) of Narayana kept in Parvatha Ucchi Malai ( a mythical mountain believed to be in this region ) after the completion of the Krishna Avatar.

The Adi-lila explains Caitanya's unique theological identity as an Avatar of Krishna in the mood of Radharani ( a combined avatar of both personalities ), his personal lineage, his closest childhood companions and their paramparas ( desciplic succession ), and the characters of his devotional associates.

In the schools of Bhakti Yoga, the devotees who worship Vishnu or Krishna are particularly keen on ahimsa.

Angkorian representations of Vishnu include anthropomorphic representations of the god himself, as well as representations of his incarnations or Avatars, especially Krishna and Rama.

Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu, Kurukshetra_War # Krishna. 27s_peace_mission | mediating for peace to avert the Kurukshetra War of Mahabharata

Traditions of Gaudiya Vaishnavas, the Nimbarka Sampradaya and followers of Swaminarayan and Vallabha consider Krishna to be the source of all avatars, and the source of Vishnu himself, or to be the same as Narayana.

When Krishna is recognized to be Svayam Bhagavan, it can be understood that this is the belief of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, the Vallabha Sampradaya, and the Nimbarka Sampradaya, where Krishna is accepted to be the source of all other avatars, and the source of Vishnu himself.

A different viewpoint differing from this theological concept is the concept of Krishna as an avatar of Narayana or Vishnu.

It should be however noted that although it is usual to speak of Vishnu as the source of the avataras, this is only one of the names of the God of Vaishnavism, who is also known as Narayana, Vasudeva and Krishna and behind each of those names there is a divine figure with attributed supremacy in Vaishnavism.

Apart from these, Vishnu is depicted in any of his ten avataras, which include Vishnu sitting on Anantha ( the celestial snake and keeper of life energy ), Vishnu with Lakshmi seated on his lap ( Lakshminarayana ), with the head of a lion disemboweling a demon on his lap ( Lakshminarasimha ), with head of a boar walking over a demon ( Varaha ), in the Krishna avatar ( as Venugopala or the cow herder playing the Venu ( flute ), dancing on the head of the snake Kaliya, lifting a hill such as Govardhana ), with his feet over head of a small figure ( Vamana ), with Lakshmi seated on Garuda, and the eagle ( stealing the parijata tree ).

* In the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, Hari is a name of both Krishna or Vishnu meaning " he who steals, or takes away ", referring to how Krishna takes away all distress and anxieties, and lovingly robs the heart of His devotee.

This name is a Vaishnava name ( a name relating to Lord Krishna / Vishnu or a Gaudiya Vaishnava saint ), and is followed by " Dasa " for men and " Dasi " for women ( both terms mean " servant ").

The Mahabharata, describing the life and times of the Pandavas, occurs in the Dvapara Yuga, a period associated with Lord Krishna ( the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu ).

The two great Hindu Epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata tell the story of two specific incarnations of Vishnu ( Rama and Krishna ).

The ten avatars of Vishnu, ( Clockwise, from Left upper corner ) Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Vamana, Krishna, Kalki, Gautama Buddha in Hinduism | Buddha, Parshurama, Rama and Narasimha, ( in centre ) Krishna

A dasa ( servant ) and also a manifestation of Lord Vishnu, he is said to have manifested in four human forms or Avatars: Lakshmana, brother of Lord Rama, Balarama, brother of Lord Krishna, Ramanuja and Manavala Mamunigal.

The Bhagavata Purana never mentions that Vishnu is the origin of Krishna or Balarama.

A little later, it is clearly mentioned in the same chapter of the Bhagavata Purana, that all other incarnations of God are emanations originating in Krishna-and that Krishna, not Vishnu, is the origin of all other forms of God ( ete camsah kalah pumsah krishna stu bhagavan svayam ).