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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: KHA-KRI |
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KRISHNA (the Dark One) , an incarnation of Vishnu, or rather the form in which Vishnu himself is the most popular object of worship throughout northern India. In origin, Krishna, like Rama, was undoubtedly a deified hero of the Kshatriya caste. In the older framework of the Mahabharata he appears as a great
brothers
doctrine
worship and founders of sects in his honour were Vallabha and Chaitanya, both born towards the close of the 15th century. The followers of the former are now found chiefly in Rajputana and Gujarat
home at Nadiya. A third influential Krishna-preacher of the loth century was Swami Narayan, who was encountered by Bishop
Heber in Gujarat
consort
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