Eight Faced Gem
Original Source: https://www.jeyamohan.in/197353/ Date: 21-Aug-2024 "Indiraneelam" is the second creation in Venmurasu novel portraying the story of Krishna. That way, it is rooted in Bhagavatham, outside of Mahabharatha. The Krishna of Mahabharatha is not a god, rather a great king possessing wisdom and worldly intuition in equal measure. It is only via external addendums that the portions establishing Krishna as a god got integrated in Mahabharatha. Bhagavatham is a creation that happened post the time when Krishna became a god. Is is therefore Bhagavatham and not Mahabharatha, that stands as a primary scripture for many Vaishnavaite traditions. During the creation of Venmurasu, I had a conundrum on how to depict Krishna. In several re-creations of Mahabharatha, Krishna is depicted solely as a king. In some of the creations, Krishna is depicted as a mere political strategist stripping Him of any wisdom. Example is M.T.Vasudevan Nair's "Irandaam Oozham" (...