Krishna

[[File:Sri Mariamman Temple Singapore 2 amk.jpg|right|thumb|165px|This guy.]]{{hinduism}}
{{hatnote|'''Hare Krishna''' redirects here. For the 
cult
 
religion
 
"new religious movement"
 cult see [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]].}}

Lord '''Krishna''' is claimed to be an avatar of the [[Hindu]] Trimurti, and the "supreme personality" of the god-head, an incarnation<ref>{{wpa|Incarnation}} </ref> of Vishnu, thus unambiguously "god-in-the-flesh". Hindus believe that Vishnu is one of the Gods that make up the Hindu Trinity and is believed to be the lord of the universe who takes human form and is the lord of all creation, all things, all time. Through him people will know what is [[real]], meaning comes only from [[god]].

As previously said, Krishna is believed to be the creator of everything, even outside this world. For instance, whereas in the [[Summary of the Book of Genesis|book of Genesis]] the [[Judaism|Judaic]]/[[Christian]] God focuses on creating this world, Krishna is declared to have created not only this world but also ''every'' world in this universe, ''as well as'' numerous other universes — hinting about the [[multiverse]].

As an incarnation of Vishnu, Krishna is not to be confused with the former Kings of Nepal,<ref>
{{wpa | King of Nepal}}
</ref>
who also ranked as incarnations of {{wpl|Vishnu||.}}<ref>
{{cite book
| last1 = Mocko
| first1 = Anne T.
| chapter = The Rise and Fall of the Shah Dynasty
| title = Demoting Vishnu: Ritual, Politics, and the Unraveling of Nepal's Hindu Monarchy
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=77nQCwAAQBAJ
| location = New York
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| publication-date = 2015
| page = 37
| isbn = 9780190275235
| access-date = 2018-01-29
| quote = For as long as could be remembered, palace-endorsed sources claimed, the Nepali people had revered their king as an incarnation of Vishnu.
}}
</ref>
(From 2006 the Parliament of Nepal effectively deprived King Gyanendra<ref>
{{wpa|Gyanendra of Nepal}}
</ref>
of this status; he left office in 2008 and his erstwhile kingdom became a republic.<ref>
{{cite book
| last1 = Mason
| first1 = Colin
| author-link1 = Colin Mason
| orig-year = 2000
| title = A Short History of Asia
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=VUYdBQAAQBAJ
| edition = 3
| location = Basingstoke
| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan
| publication-date = 2014
| page = 202
| isbn = 9781137340610
| access-date = 2018-01-29
| quote = An alliance between the [[Maoists]] and the Congress forced his abdication in 2008 when a constitutional assembly declared a republic, ending 240 years of the monarchy.
}}
</ref>)

==Hare Krishna==
'''''Hare Krishna''''' is a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] mantra, Krishna being a Hindu deity and/or incarnation of {{wpl|Vishnu||,}} another Hindu deity:
:हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण
:कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे
:हरे राम हरे राम
:राम राम हरे हरे

Commonly the term refers to the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]] (ISKCON), founded in 1966 in [[New York]], which is 
sometimes
 characterized (like most cults)  as a [[cult]].

Noted comedian and twitcher {{wpl|Bill Oddie}} sang a parody version of the Hare Krishna on the B-Side of his "On Ilkla Moor Baht'at" single, released in 1970 on {{wpl|John Peel||'s}} Dandelion imprint. It was considered most droll by all.

== References ==
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[[Category:One true gods]]

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