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From Shrinathji to Jagannath: How Krishna avatars change across India

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Five hundred years ago, when the Mughals ruled north India, there was an explosion of Bhakti poetry across India. From north to south,…

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Published July 20, 2023 · 3 min read
from shrinathji to jagannath:

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist

Five hundred years ago, when the Mughals ruled north India, there was an explosion of Bhakti poetry across India. From north to south, people expressed their devotion to different forms of god using emotionally charged language. One of these forms of God was that of Krishna.

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