Krishna Kills Raja Kansa
by Fattu. Bhagwat Puran Series.
Kangra School. Mid-18th century AD.
Raja Kansa tries his level best to get Krishna killed. Having failed with the mad elephant, Kansa asks Krishna to wrestle with the royal wrestlers. Krishna and Balaram kill all five royal wrestlers. In fury, Kansa tells his sepoys to arrest Krishna, Balaram, Nanda, Vasudev and his own father Ugrasen and to kill them. Hearing this Krishna loses his temper, drags Kansa from his throne and kills him. Kansa's eight brothers rush to rescue Kansa. Balaram kills all of them with a stick. Pandemonium breaks out. While soldiers run here and there, the Gopas celebrate the victory by playing the drums.
Fattu shows Krishna draging Kansa's dead body, while his eight dead brothers lie in a heap.
The killing of Kansa has been seen as endorsing the idea of a political revolution. The people have the right to violently overturn a bad regime. But unlike China, Indian history has not witnessed violent revolutions. In our democracy, we prefer ballots over bullets. Changes are necessary and inevitable, but they should be through peaceful means. Presently we are seeing a momentous change in our country. It is a historical moment.
Fattu shows Krishna draging Kansa's dead body, while his eight dead brothers lie in a heap.
The killing of Kansa has been seen as endorsing the idea of a political revolution. The people have the right to violently overturn a bad regime. But unlike China, Indian history has not witnessed violent revolutions. In our democracy, we prefer ballots over bullets. Changes are necessary and inevitable, but they should be through peaceful means. Presently we are seeing a momentous change in our country. It is a historical moment.
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