Aug 4, 2023

Beloved childhood stories of Lord Krishna to share with your kids

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​Importance of storytelling​

Storytelling helps parents bond with their kids and impart values in a fun and interesting way.

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​Lord Krishna’s childhood​

Stories of Lord Krishna's childhood can teach your kids about inner strength, loving and respecting parents and being a kind-hearted child.

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​Krishna's escape from prison​

As soon as Lord Krishna was born, the guards manning his parents Devaki and Vasudeva’s cell went into a deep slumber, and the locks fell open.

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​Baby Krishna slays Putana​

Demoness Putana tries to breastfeed little Krishna with her poison, however she ends up being exposed and dies. Krishna goes through no harm. This shows that if you try to hurt someone, you will end up getting hurt yourself.

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​Kanha steal butter​

Krishna loves butter and finds new tricks with his friends to grab hold of the high-hanging matkis (containers) filled with maakhan (butter).

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​The universe within Krishna​

Krishna once stuffed a handful of mud into his mouth. Yashoda ran to him and asked him to open his mouth. What Yashoda saw wasn’t mud but the entire universe in her lalla's (dear, little boy) mouth.

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​Krishna dances on Kaliya​

Every day, Krishna would take his cows to graze by the river. Suddenly, cows started dying after drinking from the river. With his divine power, Krishna realized that the ten-headed serpent Kaliya was poisoning the water with his venom. He confronted Kaliya and asked him to stop, but the stubborn serpent refused. Krishna dived into the river and emerged dancing on Kaliya’s head.

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​Krishna and Arishthasura - the demon bull​

One day, a massive bull came to Vrindavan and started attacking the villagers. Krishna realises that it was a demon called Arishthasura. Krishna tackles the bull and pierces its horns!

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​Krishna raises Govardhan mountain​

When Lord Indra got offended because the villagers worshiped Govardhan mountain instead of him, it started raining cats and dogs, threatening everyone's life. Krishna lifted the Govardhan with his little finger, protecting everyone and emerging victorious.

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​Krishna kills Kansa mama​

Finally, when the time was right, Krishna went to Mathura and killed his evil relative and freed his parents from captivity. It is believed he was 14 years old.

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​Krishna and Radha's love​

Krishna's love for Radha is the purest form of love; he would challenge her, comfort her, teach her, guide her and always be by her side.

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​Krishna's flute​

Krishna always loves playing his melodious flute, the sound of which would win the hearts of all gopis.

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