Balarama

01Nov

Categories: Balarama, Compassion of God, Krishna, Krishna, Mathura.

The Killing of Kamsa

Krishna and Balarama were invited to a wrestling match in Mathura in Kamsa’s palace. Kamsa was getting everything ready. Waking at dawn, he inaugurated the festival of wrestling matches. The place was well decorated with garlands, banners and bunting. Melodious …

01Sep

Categories: Avataras, Balarama, Krishna, Krishna, Love.

Darshan to Yajnapatnis

This is one of Krishna’s many leelas that truly exposes the power of devotion to be unmatched by knowledge or power. It shows that devotion is in itself an extremely effective way to attain God. The leela starts with Krishna …

01May

Categories: Andal, Azhwars, Balarama, Bhakti, Deities, Divine Names, Krishna, Krishna, Kshetra, Mahans, Spirituality.

Quiz – Divya Desam Series 6

There are 108 Divya Desams – temples/abodes of Lord Narayana that have been sung by the Azhwars. This month, take the quiz to learn more about one of the ancient temples built during 8th century, Sri Parthasarathy temple in Triplicane …

01Sep

Categories: Balarama, Compassion of God, Faith, Faith, Grace of God, Krishna, Krishna, Surrender.

Govardhan Lila

This is the story of how Lord Krishna effortlessly lifted the Govardhana hill to protect the Gopas and Gopis for seven days from the heavy rains summoned by Indra. From this story we will also learn how Lord Krishna got …

01May

Categories: Balarama, Srimad Bhagavatam.

Kids' Quiz – Balarama Trivia

Lord Balarama was the elder brother of Lord Krishna; an avatar of Adi Sesha. He descended to the earth to be with his beloved Lord, although throughout this avatar he played the role of doting elder brother to perfection. Let’s …