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Story Of Birth Of Shishupala - Why He Was Killed By Sri Krishna

Shishupala was killed by Sri Krishna during the Rajasuya Yajna conducted by Yudhisthira at the Indraprastha. Shishupala was killed by Sri Krishna to give moksha to him. Story of his birth is found in the Puranas and Mahabharata. Shishupala was Jaya, one of the guards of Vaikunta, Vishnu’s abode. He along with Vijaya had once denied entry to Sanat Kumaras. The sages cursed them to be born on earth. Jaya and Vijaya then prayed to Vishnu for a solution to the curse. Vishnu told them that they can take seven births on earth as his ordinary devotees or take three births as his enemies. Jaya and Vijaya opted for three births as enemies as they wanted to return to Vaikunta at the earliest. They pleaded that they should meet their end in each birth at the hands of Vishnu. Thus Jaya was born as Shishupala when Bhagvan Vishnu appeared as Sri Krishna. He was killed by Sri Krishna during the Rajasuya Yajna conducted by Yudhisthira at the Indraprastha. Krishna had pro

Ancient Murti of Bhagvan Sri Ram Stolen from Raghunath Temple in Kullu in Himachal Pradesh

A 17th-century murti of Bhagvan Sri Ram was stolen from the Raghunath Temple on the premises of the Kullu Palace in Sultanpur in Himachal Pradesh. This is the murti taken out first during the famous Kullu Dasara. Nearly 200 deities from the nearby villages arrive during Kullu Dasara rituals to pay respect to Bhagvan Sri Ram. The made of ashtadhatu (a combination of eight metals, including gold and silver) is about three inches long and weighs around 500 gm. Apart from the murti of Raghunath, murtis of Ganesha, Hanuman, Narasimha and Saligram Shila were stolen from the temple. You can read more about the importance of the deity here.