Krishna

Krishna, one of the most popular Hindu gods, is revered as a supreme deitygod or goddess and the eighth incarnationappearance of a god, spirit, or soul in earthly form of the god Vishnu. Worshiped as a restorer of order to the world, he appears in a number of myths and legends. The most important source of stories about Krishna is the Mahabharata, the great Hindu epiclong poem about legendary or historical heroes, written in a grand style written between 400 B.C. and A.D. 200, and the Bhagavatam, written later.

Birth and Childhood. According to myth, Krishna was the son of Vasudeva and Devaki. His uncle, the wicked King Kamsa of Mathura, heard a [The entire page is 761 words long]