Birth of Krishna

According to Hindu scriptures such as the Mahabharata, Harivamsa, and the Krishna Charitas, the birth of Krishna took place in Mathura, in present-day Uttar Pradesh, on the eighth day of the Krishna Paksha of the Bhadrapada month of the Hindu calendar, to Vasudeva Anakdundubhi, and his wife Devaki.[1][2] According to Hindu mythology, Krishna was the eighth of the ten avatars of Vishnu, born in the Dvapara Yuga, the third age of the present Hindu cosmology.[3] Krishna is revered as the Supreme Being in many Hindu traditions, most notably in the Krishnaism tradition of Vaishnavism.[4]

1890 painting of Raja Ravi Varma, depicting the birth of Krishna in the jail of Kamsa. Vasudeva secretly takes baby Krishna from the prison to Nanda.

Though Krishna's date of birth is heavily disputed, many scholars believe that Krishna was probably born around 3rd millennium BCE, or even earlier.[5][6][7] Born in Mathura,[8] in the prison of his maternal uncle Kamsa, Krishna was taken to Nanda, by his father in Vraja, through river Yamuna, on the night of his birth.[9]

Krishna's birth is celebrated on the eighth night of the Bhadrapada month every year as Krishna Janmashtami.[10]

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