Bala Krishna

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Bala Krishna is the child form of the Hindu god Krishna, venerated for his playful and mischievous divine pastimes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bala Krishna canonical 1
Muralikrishna 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu deity ⓘ
child deity ⓘ
form of Krishna ⓘ
religious icon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Baal Krishna ⓘ
Balakrishna ⓘ
Gopal ⓘ
Laddu Gopal ⓘ
Makhan Chor ⓘ
associatedFestival Gokulashtami ⓘ
linked to: Janmashtami

Krishna Janmashtami ⓘ
linked to: Janmashtami
associatedPlace Gokul ⓘ
Vrindavan ⓘ
associatedWith Vaishnavism ⓘ
butter stealing ⓘ
cowherd community ⓘ
gopis ⓘ
culturalRegion Hindu diaspora communities ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
depictsStageOfLife childhood of Krishna ⓘ
devotionalPractice home shrine worship ⓘ
offering of sweets ⓘ
ritual bathing (abhisheka) ⓘ
epithetMeaning young Krishna ⓘ
linked to: child Krishna
fosterParent Nanda ⓘ
Yashoda ⓘ
hasFormOf Krishna ⓘ
iconographyFeature butter in hand ⓘ
butter pot ⓘ
crawling posture ⓘ
flute ⓘ
peacock feather ⓘ
knownFor divine pastimes ⓘ
mischievous behavior ⓘ
playful nature ⓘ
narrativeSource Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
Harivamsa ⓘ
Vishnu Purana ⓘ
parent Devaki ⓘ
Vasudeva ⓘ
linked to: Krishna
religion Hinduism ⓘ
symbolizes divine joy ⓘ
innocence ⓘ
playful divinity ⓘ
veneratedAs child form of Krishna ⓘ
worshippedBy Hindus ⓘ
Vaishnavas ⓘ
linked to: Vaishnavism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

tribhanga posture of Krishna → associatedWithForm → Muralikrishna ⓘ
linked to: Bala Krishna