कृष्ण

Eighth avatar of Vishnu. Divine teacher of the Bhagavad Gita, beloved cowherd of Vrindavan, and heroic king of Dwarka. Most widely worshipped deity globally.

1. PantheonVaiṣṇava · Curated pantheon classificationscholarly interpretation
2. Name (mal/Mlym)കൃഷ്ണൻtextual
3. Name (hin/Deva)कृष्णtextual
4. Name (kan/Knda)ಕೃಷ್ಣtextual
5. Name (tel/Telu)కృష్ణుడుtextual
6. Name (tam/Taml)கிருஷ்ணன்textual
7. Name (eng/Latn)Krishna · also: Govinda, Gopala, Vasudevatextual
8. Aspects1 attested formscholarly interpretation
9. Enshrined at100 templescommunity attested

Verified family lineages that hold this deity as their kuladevataa (family patron deity). The kuladevataa registry (ADR-0044) grows as contributors share their family patron deity through lineage submissions.

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• Temple 013a5c21primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 019d3619primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 01b06e41primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 01b0bcffprimary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 01b874a9primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 01e1ef44primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 01e2ed46primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 02151de6primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 0256cb4dprimary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 02a038d0primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 036b4a94primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 03d62811primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 03f68e80primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 042a5d3aprimary · name-pattern derived
• And 86 further temples.

Families who consider Krishna their kuladevataa have contributed lineage records to the Vamsha archive. The connection persists across generations as part of the hundred-year horizon set for this registry.