4. Krishna's skin colour was dark, not blue

Krishna's good looks are the matter of folklore, but though commonly depicted in paintings and idols as blue, his skin colour was actually dark. Spiritualists believe that his all-inclusive, magnetic aura had blue hues and so he is generally depicted as being blue in colour.

Krishna was cursed by Queen Gandhari, which led to his death and the destruction of his dynasty.

The Kurukshetra war left all 100 of Gandhari's sons dead. When Krishna approached her to pay his condolences, the grieving mother spitefully cursed him that he along with the Yadu dynasty would perish in 36 years. Krishna already felt that the Yadavas were already transforming into a morally decadent race and should perish and so he calmly said "Tathastu" (So be it) at the end of her declaration.

2. Krishna had 16,108 wives

Lord Krishna had 16,108 wives in total, out of which eight were his principal wives known as 'Ashtabharya' namely Rukmini,Satyabhama, Jambavati, Nagnajiti, Kalindi, Mitravinda, Bhadra, Lakshmana who bore him 10 sons each. He rescued 16,100 women from the clutches of a demon Narakasura who had forcibly kept them in captivity in his palace and freed them. However, they all returned to Lord Krishna as none of their families were ready to accept them back and so he married them all to protect their honour. However, it is said that he never had any relations with them.

1. Krishna has 108 names

Lord Krishna is said to have 108 names among which the famous ones are Gopal, Govind, Devakinandan, Mohan, Shyam, Ghanshyam, Hari, Girdhari,Baanke Bihari to name a few.

Krishna was clearly 'the dude' of his time. I mean, one of his many names was 'Mohan', which literally means 'bewitching' and 'a charmer'. We usually remember the 8th avatar of Vishnu as the cute little butter thief, or as the charioteer guide of Arjun in Mahabharat, who helped the warrior find his path in the midst of battle. But Krishna is so much more than that.

Jai Shree Krishna