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Balarama

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Noun1.Balarama - elder brother of Krishna; an incarnation of Vishnu


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Pilgrims, festivalgoers and faith leaders gathered to pull three 40ft-high brightly painted shrines carrying statues of three Hindu deities, Lord Lagannatha, Lady Subhadra and Lors Balarama.
Going from one hunting ground to the next, their success is evidenced through bodies drenched with water and curd, a supposed reminder of the lilas of Krishna, Balarama, and the gopis and gopos of Vrindavan.
95 Hardcover BL1105 In the various cults that later became Vaisnavism, Balarama was portrayed as a form of the minor deity Sesa, the divine snake born on earth as a human being.
 
 
 
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