Krishna became the focus of numerous bhakti (devotion) cults, which have over the centuries produced an awesome wealth of religious poetry, music, and painting. Krishna, is one of the most widely revered and most popular of all Indian divinities, worshipped as a supreme god. ![]() Different Gods have dominated in Hinduism in different times but Lord Krishna’s appeal is timeless. The Bhagavata promotes bhakti (devotion) towards Lord Vishnu and also Lord Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. It is composed in Sanskrit and attributed to Vyasadeva who has also composed the Mahabharata, one of India’s great epics, the other being the Ramayana by Sage Valmiki. ![]() ![]() Scholars estimate the date of origin of the Bhagavata Purana to be between 800–1000 C.E. The Bhagavata Purana is known simply as The Bhagavata and also as Srimad Bhagavatam. The ‘Puranas’ is a genre of literature found in both Hinduism and Jainism. ![]() They are in Sanskrit, and some regional languages, and are texts named after major Hindu deities such as Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva and the Devi. It talks about a wide range of important myths, interesting legends and traditional lore. #Did you know that the Bhagavata Purana one of the Mahapuranas of Hinduism is sometimes called the “Fifth Veda”? The word ‘purana ‘means “ancient or old”, and ‘maha’ means large or great.
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