LORD  SRI  VENKATESA                              

"Venkatesa, who is also  known as Krishna, is the  Supreme Godhead. He has an

eternal blissful spiritual  body and is the origin of all. He has no other origin and 

is the prime cause of all causes."

"The difference between demons and demigods is that a beautiful woman very easily

attracts the minds of demons, but she cannot attract the mind of a godly person. All the

beauty a woman can display is only a combination of flesh and  blood. The real beauty

is Radha and Krishna. One who is attracted by the beauty of Radha and Krishna cannot be

attracted by the false beauty of  this material world. That is the  difference between

a demon and a godly person or devotee."

Sri Krishna, the ninth incarnation of Lord Vishnu is the most popular avatar and is

regarded as purna avataar(incarnation in toto). All other deities are regarded as his

manifestation.His story and his exploits(leela) are numerous and very well known.

To the Hindu, he is the supreme statesman, warrior, hero,philosopher, teacher and

god himself. He is the great exponent of Bhagavadgita, the "song celestial".

The Bhagavata or the Pancharatra sect preaches the cult of Vishnu- Narayana-Krishna.

lt states that Lord Vishnu manifests in four ways: para (supreme) in all his glory;

four vyuhas or emanations, hence the  terms chatur-vyuhas, chatur-murthis

represented by Vasudeva, Sankarshana,Pradyumna and Aniruddha. In Vaishnava mythology,

Krishna is Vasudeva,Balarama is Sankarshana; Pradyumna and Aniruddha are Krishna and

his grandson, respectively. Historically, it is possible that the Yadava heroes were,

in time, apotheosized into these vyuhas. Symbolically, they represent the four stages

of psychological evolution :Vasudeva for chitta (mind), Sankarshana for ahankara (ego),

Pradyumna for buddhi (intellect) and Aniruddha for manas (mind). These vyuhas were

later increased to 24. Iconographically, all the vyuhas are identical except for the

arrangement of the four emblems - shanka, chakra, gadha, and padma; vibhava or

incarnations or avatars; arca is the descent of the lord into the icon (vigraha),

installed and worshipped ceremonially in the temples. Jagannath of Pui in Orissa

represents Sri Krishna with similar images representing Balarama and Subhadra

(Krishna's sister).

Krishna is the ideal of divine love. His vishvarupa (universal form) makes us exclaim

like Arjuna "oh lord! thou art everything! infinite in power and infinite in prowess,

thou pervadest all" (Bhagavadgita 11.40).