Krishna Shaligram

Krishna( कृष्ण )is a major deity in Hinduism and worshipped as the eighth avatar of the god Vishnu. He is supreme God in his own right. He is the god of kindness, tenderness, and love, and is one of the most popular and widely revered among Indian deities. Krishna's birthday is celebrated every year on Krishna Janmashtami, which falls in August or September.

Krishna is often depicted wearing a peacock-feather wreath(crown), and playing the bansuri In this form, he is usually shown standing with one leg bent in front of the other in the Tribhanga posture. He is sometimes accompanied by cows or a calf, which symbolizes the divine herdsman Govinda. Alternatively, he is shown as a romantic young boy with the Gopis often making music or playing pranks.

Shree Krishna is the central figure of the ‘Bhagavad Gita’. Krishna's life has inspired a treasure house of poetry, music, painting, sculpture and other fine arts. His glory is unsurpassable. His story is a source of joy and motivation for people from all walks of life.

A Shaligrama which has the marks of a Gada, Padma, Chakra, and Shanka arranged in a particular order is worshiped as Krishna Shaligram. With the change in the order of the four symbols, the name of the Shaligram stone is also changed and the images of such deities also have similar sets of the four symbols. The various orders and names are given for the 24 permutations. These are well-known names, which are the various names by which Lord Vishnu is known in the Hindu pantheon.

Mantra: हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण, कृष्ण-कृष्ण हरे हरे। हरे राम हरे राम, राम-राम हरे हरे।'