Krishna is blue, because Vishnu is blue.... Krishna is an avatar of Vishnu... The 8th return I think... The real question is... why was Vishnu blue....
so SolarP, why is Vishnu blue? Don't know do you! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
He is blue because he was born with a silver spoon in the mouth...as most well to do families then used silver as plates/bowls/utensils. Something must have gone wrong where the little Krishna ingested silver.... OR...he could have been an Andorian (StarTrek!) kid hiding on Earth from those interstellar wars...you know, Indian stories are full of them....Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! My bet is the silver poisoning...and it is permanent....
Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Well, like the previous post states... Silver deposits in skin tissues, and creates a "bluey" - Grey Colouration... I think this is possibly the most plausible reason for the Vishnu's blue skin... But in the typical Hindu way... the blue skin has been given a meaning, and a philosophy has been wrapped around it... Something to do with the skin being the same colour of the sky and the deepest oceans... symbolising that god is the ultimate pervasive being. But you've got to understand... with all the many hundreds of branches of Hinduism... what maybe a truth in one sect, will almost probably untrue in another.
There seem to be many parallels between the birth myths of Krishna and Jesus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55u9RcO7SxE&feature=related
Simply because Krishna prefers to be so. There is nothing metaphorical about it. As the Supreme Person he is completely independent, and as he is also an individual he personally prefers to have a beauty tinged with the hue of bluish clouds. Kind of like asking why do have your hair styled the way you do.
I think Krishna was black. Blue was possibly a glorification of the black... as blue in its darkest form is black.
Which colour isn't? Black is not even a colour, it's a shade. Btw, it's quite amusing for me to watch the oldest mistake in interpreting mythology being repeated and repeated again in this thread. Myth is not factual history.
an even older and more amusing and repetitive mistake is how factual history frequently turns out to be myth :roflmao:
yes. it shouldn't, but it does. ESPECIALLY if you are blue. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Apparently it does in some cases. The Africans worship whites. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
hmmph ... really? Enlighten me on history ... I am worried about my American Citizenship exam (I am serious!) Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Rick
