In a street celebration honoring this deity, people make human pyramids to reach a pot called the matki and break it.
In a street celebration honoring this deity, people make human pyramids to reach a pot called the matki and break it. This deity told a pregnant mother about how to make the Chakravyuha military formation, though the unborn baby Abhimanyu only heard some of it and died at age sixteen screwing it up. This deity saved a village from a storm sent by Indra by raising the Govardhan hill over the village. This brother of Balarama defeated Kamsa, his evil uncle. His ranging with cowherd girls called gopis and his sucking of the demoness Putana's breastmilk are celebrated during Holi. During the Kurukshetra war, he declared "Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds" while revealing his full splendor. For 10 points, name this avatar of Vishnu who served as Arjuna's charioteer in the Bhagavad-Gita.
In a street celebration honoring this deity, people make human pyramids to reach a pot called the matki and break it.
Krishna [or Krsna]