Janmashtami is around the corner, on 24th August. On this day Krishna was born and widely celebrated by devotees across India and world. Special programs are held at ISKCON also.
A pendant featuring Shri Krishna and Radha in gold and diamonds. The crown, clothes and the aura are made of diamonds. The garland is made of ruby stones. Colour to the clothes is provided by meena work.
Wondering why Shri Krishna's skin is blue? Krsna means black, blue or dark blue, More on this at wikipedia. Kathana has more than 2 dozen idol pendants of various Hindu deities in gold and diamond including Lord Shiva, Lord Ganesha and symbolic OM.
Meghana of Asklaila.com has captured the celebrations of this day very exhaustively.
Catch the spirit of some worldwide celebrations at this blog.
Update: 3/9/2008
Ganesha in Gold:
This pendant is made of pure 18K gold and diamonds.
In this stylish pendant ganesha is a part of the symbolic OM. Agian in pure 18k gold and diamonds.Updated : 2/3/2010
Watch it in a video:
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Young Krishna is known to be very playful and mischievous. The story goes that as a child, Krishna was extremely jealous of Radha's fair complexion since he himself was very dark.
Lord Krishna Photo, God Krishna Picture, Krishna Wallpaper
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