Many a times you may or would come across the images of Lord Krishna wearing a nose ring on the right side of the nose (women traditionally wore it Actually, Krishna of the Raas-Lila wears everything that women wear. Not just Click on this to know more of this form of Krishna…. In temples across India, amongst the many attires of Krishna is one called Stri-vesha, where he dresses as a woman. Krishna is shown wearing a sari and womens jewelry. Some identify this as a form of Mohini, the divine enchantress, an avatar of Vishnu and Krishna.Some say this is Krishna dressing up like his mother Yashoda to amuse her. Some say this is Krishna being punished by the Gopikas. The story goes that tired of the pranks of Krishna, the women of Gokul once got together and decided to dress him as a girl. The lyrics Nar ko Nari banao (make the lad a lass) is a popular Thumricomposition. They grab Krishna and make him wear a skirt and blouse and paint his hands and feet with alta. To their surprise rather than being upset or angry, Krishna participates in the activity. More jewelry, he demands, and better make up. Thus what begins as a punishment ends up In another story known as gore gvala ki leela (the game of the fair cowherd), Radha and Krishna one day exchange each others clothes. Krishna dresses up as Radha and Radha dresses up like Krishna. This is done at Radhas insistence, as she wants to feel like Krishna. But then she realizes even though she wears Krishnas clothes her heart is still Radhas. Oh Krishna, you can look like me but you will neverknow the pain in my heart when we separate. To remember his beloved In still another explanation for stri-vesha, it is said that after a night of intimacy, when it was daybreak, Radha and Krishna hurriedly put on their clothes only to find that they had worn the others. And everyone in the village wondered who this beautiful new dark milkmaid was and who was this handsome new cowherd. In Tamil Nadu, amongst the local transvestites and eunuchs known as Alis, is the story of Aravan, a warrior who had to be sacrificed on the eve of the battle at Kurukshetra. But he did not want to die without a wife who would weep over his dead body. Since no womanwanted to marry him, Krishna turned into Mohini and became his wife, showered him with affection, and wept for him on becoming his widow. This event is enacted each year near Pondicherry in the temple of Koothandavar. The mood that Krishna evokes with this feminine adornment is one of love and affection and play, a breakaway from the rigidity of those who control and comment on society today. Little wonder then that the poet-saint, Tukaram referred to Vithal, Krishnas form popular inMaharashtra, as Vitha-ai, Mother Vithal.
on the left side, and men on the right). God Jagannath is shown
generally wearing nose ring on the right-side, the form in which Krishna
is worshipped in Orissa
nose-rings, but also earrings and a long plait. His eyes are lined with
kohl and his feet are painted with alta and made red like a dancer. He
is God who is comfortable in female attire.
as a joyful activity, a game, a leela.
Radha, some say, Krishna wears Stri-vesha.
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