History of lord krishna pdf

Foundation for Liberal and Management Education Iconography Assignment 2 The Rise of Lord Krishna: Mythological and Historical Evolution of Krishna Worship in Hinduism Aishwarya Javalgekar FSLE 1 LE20127690 Aishwarya Javalgekar LE20127690 The Rise of Lord Krishna: Mythological and Historical Evolution of Krishna Worship in Hinduism The present-day Hindu religion is a culmination of three major cults – The cults of Shiva (Shaivism), Vishnu (Vaishnavism) and the mother goddess (Shaktism).

The Krishna cult is a cult within Vaishnavism which centres on the worship of Krishna as an incarnation of Vishnu. Though Krishna mythically originated as a human avatar of Vishnu, he is considered to be a God and equivalent in power to Vishnu himself.1 Krishna bhakti has become very popular over the last few decades as a personalized form of worship, where Krishna can be adored in the form of a child, a