In the city of Muttra long, long ago, Krishna, incarnation of Vishnu,
way born to the sister of the then tyrant king Kamsi. Since epic
times Muttra and the neighbouring towns of Brindhabin, Gokul,
and Oovardhan have been held as sacred cities. To this temple of
Muttra come all the devotees and followers of Krishna.

A doorway to a .shiine in Gokul.
An oracle had warned the tyi'Jnt
king, Kamsd, tliat lie would die
at the hands of his Mister's
eighth son, and so when Krishna
was born lie was miraculously
acrobs the river
Muttra to Gokul
up as the son of
He was later to
fulfil the prophecy of the oracle
and slay the tyrant Kamsa.
Picturesque Gokul brings to the
mind many other legends of the
boyhood of Krishna.

transferred
Jumna from
and brought up
a cowherd. He