- 10 kms from Mathura (Uttar Pradesh)
- Site of forest in Mahabharata where Krishna spent time
- Forest groves of Brinda
- Holy place for all Hindu traditions
Balarama
Souce: Wiki
8th incarnation or avatar of Vishnu.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balarama
- elder brother of Krishna
- avatar of Adishesha *the serpent on which Visnu rests)
Metropolitan Museum image – waterpot not shown
Sankhapala Jataka: The Naga King
Champeyya Jataka
Bhuridatta jataka – tale
sacred text version that is extended
Savitha Sastry Bharatanatyam performance
Gita Govinda
“Poetry that explores the two types of shringara rasa elaborated by Bharata in the Natyashastra “love in separation” and “love in union”. One example of which is the Gita Govinda. Text written in 12th century CE by Jayadeva. It describes the affair between the divine Krishna and mortal Radha (Source: Rasa, by Susan Schwartz, pg 49).
Various Gita Govinda links
Krishna dancing on head of serpent King Kaliya
Source: Youtube with description from Saurabh Parikh.
- Children play ball on the bank of the river Yamuna. Ball thrown by Kirshna falls into river. There dwells Kaliya a poisonous cobra. Krishna wants to jump in the river and get the ball. But everyone says no to him. Krishna not listening to anyone, he jumps into the river.
- Krishna enters the kingdom of Kaliya cobra and is warned by the attendants and queens of Kaliya about his dangerous poison and nature.
- Not listening to anyone, Krishna reaches Kaliya and challenges him and insists to go away and live elsewhere or else he may be killed.
- Fight ensues between Krishna and Kaliya that Krishna utlimately wins. He does not kill Kaliya, but asks to get him out and leave the pious river Yamuna.
Sounds
The Little Clay Cart
Play – 10 parts – thought to be between 2nd century BCE and 5th century CE by Sudraka
Translated copy of text 1905 by Ryder