Krishna Image

Also shown as an infant or young adult.

Depictied playing the flute 'spreading the music of love'.

Represents the relationship between divine and human love.

Often shown with a young animal, usually a cow, because in the stories, he was born a cowherd.

Krishna is very fond of his cows. He believes them to be individuals and treats them as such.

Occasionally portrayed with a pot or stick of butter. Krishna absolutely loves butter and stole it from his mother when he was young. (Krishna is often referred to as "Makhana-Chora" or "Butter Thief")

Krishna usually has a dark blue-black skin tone. There are a few explanations for this:

          -due to the poison from a snake he once fought

          -blue is believed to be the "colour of god"

          -Sanskrit word "Krsna" roughly translates to "black", "dark" or "dark-blue"

          -Krishna came from one of the many dark hairs on Vishnu's head.

Peacock feathers represent knowledge.

An image of Krishna with his consort, Radha.  In his youth, Krishna danced and played his flute with many milkmaids (gopis), but Radha was his favorite.

Kirshna is said to have made copies of himself so he could dance with all the milkmaids, paying each attention, wooing all of them.

The Sanskrit word kṛṣṇa has the literal meaning of "black", "dark" or "dark-blue", and is used as a name to describe someone with dark skin. Krishna is often depicted in images as black, and is generally shown in paintings with blue skin