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Janmashtami Who Is Lord Krishna?

Janmashtami Who Is Lord Krishna?

Lord Krishna is  the eighth avatar of Vishnu and is one of the most widely known deities in Hinduism. Krishna is depicted in a variety of forms because there are so many stories surrounding him. The most common story describes Krishna as a divine lover who plays the flute. Krishna. Krishna is the central character in the epic Mahabharata, the epic story including many of topics such as war, love, brotherhood, and politics. It is essentially the story of two warring groups of cousin brothers, the Pandavas and the Kaurvas. Krishna was the charioteer to Arjun in the battlefield.  The famous poem, the Bhagavat Gita, is spoken by Krishna to Arjuna on the battlefield.