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Svastika's
Lord Krishna
श्री कृष्ण
The child who is fed and dressed, the cowherd with the flute, the charioteer who counsels. One god, kept differently in every house, and in more forms than any other we make.
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A short guide
The Krishna range
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Everything we make bearing Krishna, and he is kept in more forms than any other deity: the flute-player, the child, the couple with Radha, the lifter of Govardhan. Not all of it is a mandir murti, and one of these forms carries a daily practice the others do not.
The formats
Murtis in brass, gold and silver plate, antique finish and white-and-gold marble dust, from small shelf pieces to standing statues.
Wall decor, including a 12 inch murti frame, which wants a wall with light on it rather than a shelf. See wall decor.
Pocket temples that close around Radhe Krishna or Shreenathji for a desk, a bag or travel. See pocket temples.
Charan paduka, the lotus feet, in silver plate. Kept where a full figure will not fit and, traditionally, where the deity is honoured without being depicted.
Dashboard pieces: divine hands with flute, flute and feather, half-face figures, all sized for a vehicle. See car dashboard idols.
Jhula and combos, and gift hampers, which are usually easier to give than a bare idol.
Laddu Gopal, and the question everyone is really asking
Laddu Gopal, also Ladoo Gopal, Bal Gopal or Kanha ji, is the infant Krishna, and He is not kept the way other murtis are. In households that keep Him He is treated as a member of the family: woken, bathed, dressed in seasonal poshak, offered bhog, put to rest. That is not sentimentality layered onto a statue. It is formal Pushtimarg theology, in which the image is understood as personally present and served in the mood of Yashoda toward her child.
Which raises the question that stops most people buying: can I keep up with it?
The tradition answers generously. The Bhagavad Gita is explicit that what is offered matters less than the devotion behind it, a leaf or a flower or water offered with love being accepted. The Bhagavata Purana's own chapter on deity worship allows service according to available means. Households across India keep Laddu Gopal with a morning bath, a change of clothes and a simple bhog, and that is a complete practice. If you have been told you must perform eight formal services a day or not begin, you have been told something the texts do not say.
The size numbers
Laddu Gopal is sold by number rather than inches, and the number determines which poshak will fit Him.
- No. 0 around 1.75 inches
- No. 1 around 2.2 inches
- No. 2 around 2.75 inches
- No. 3 around 3.15 inches
- No. 4 around 3.4 inches
- No. 5 around 3.8 inches
- No. 6 around 4.4 inches
- No. 7 and above from roughly 5 inches
Two caveats. The number measures height alone, head to toe. And it is a trade convention rather than an enforced standard, so makers differ by a few millimetres. Buy on the listed height, especially when matching an existing poshak. Nos. 2 and 3 are the usual household choice. Choose a size you can comfortably lift, because you will be handling Him daily.
The other forms
Krishna with the flute is the most kept adult form, standing in the tribhanga pose, sometimes with a cow or a peacock feather. Radha Krishna is the pair, and the single most given wedding gift in this catalogue; see Radha Krishna idols. On the belief that a Radha Krishna murti is unsuitable for a married couple: we can find nothing supporting it, and the tradition points the other way, since the pair is the central worship form of the Nimbarka, Gaudiya and Pushtimarg lineages, with a marriage narrative in the Garga Samhita that Phulera Dooj commemorates annually. Give it without worrying.
Shreenathji is Krishna as the lifter of Govardhan, the presiding form at Nathdwara. Parthasarathi is Krishna as Arjuna's charioteer: iconographically famous, commercially uncommon, and the form with the strongest link to travel and guidance. Jagannath idols are theologically a form of Krishna but a separate tradition, so we keep them apart.
Which material
Brass if the murti will be bathed or handled daily, which for Laddu Gopal it certainly will be. See brass idols. Gold and silver plated for display and gifting: real precious metal over a polyresin base, light and finely detailed, dry cloth only, and the wrong choice for a Laddu Gopal you intend to bathe. See gold and silver plated idols. Marble dust holds the finest detail; see the white and gold premium range.
Janmashtami, and Vishu
Krishna's birth is observed on Ashtami in the dark fortnight, decided by two criteria, the Rohini nakshatra and midnight, both from the same chapter of the Bhagavata Purana. Smarta and Vaishnava traditions weight them differently, which is why the date occasionally differs by a day between communities. Check a panchang rather than a shopping page, ours included. What sells for it: Laddu Gopal, a jhula, fresh poshak and a mukut. See Janmashtami gifts.
In Kerala, Krishna carries a second occasion. Vishu, the Malayalam new year in mid-April, opens with the Vishukkani, an arrangement seen first on waking with a Krishna murti at its centre alongside konna flowers, rice, fruit, a mirror and a lit lamp. A small flute-playing Krishna and a brass urli are the usual pieces bought for it.
As a gift
Radha Krishna for a wedding or anniversary. Bal Krishna or a small Laddu Gopal for a birth or naming. A flute-playing Krishna or a pocket temple for a housewarming where you do not know the family deity. See wedding gifts and griha pravesh and housewarming gifts; for volume, corporate gifts or the bulk order enquiry page.
One caution when gifting a Laddu Gopal: you are giving someone a daily practice, not an ornament. Give Him where you know that is welcome. To furnish the mandir, pooja essentials; for the wider pantheon, god idols and figurines.
Before you order
- Decide the format first. A wall frame, a pocket temple and a mandir murti solve different problems.
- For Laddu Gopal, buy on the listed height, not the size number alone.
- Choose a size you can comfortably lift. You will be handling Him every day.
- Buy brass for any murti that will be bathed. Plated and marble dust stay dry.
- Radha Krishna is a perfectly conventional gift for a married couple.
✦ Questions, carefully answered
The small things you wondered about
Laddu Gopal is sold by number rather than inches. The rough convention: No. 0 is about 1.75 inches, No. 1 about 2.2, No. 2 about 2.75, No. 3 about 3.15, No. 4 about 3.4, No. 5 about 3.8, No. 6 about 4.4, and No. 7 upward from around 5 inches. Nos. 2 and 3 are the usual household choice. Buy on the listed height rather than the number alone, since the convention drifts between makers.
Because poshak is sized to the number, not to inches. If you buy clothes for Him later, or already own some, the number is what has to match. It is measured on height alone, head to toe, not on weight or width.
He is traditionally kept as a member of the household rather than as a statue, so yes, there is a daily practice. But the tradition is generous about its scale. The Bhagavad Gita is explicit that a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water offered with devotion is accepted, and the Bhagavata Purana's own chapter on deity worship allows for service according to available means. A morning bath, a change of clothes and a simple bhog is a complete practice. Anyone telling you it is eight formal services a day or nothing is not quoting the texts.
One you can comfortably lift, which is the traditional advice and the practical advice at once. You will be handling Him daily, so a smaller size in a household with limited time is the sensible choice rather than a compromise.
No. We can find nothing supporting that belief and the tradition points the other way: Radha and Krishna together are the central worship form of the Nimbarka, Gaudiya and Pushtimarg lineages, a marriage narrative exists in the Garga Samhita, and Phulera Dooj commemorates it annually. It is among the most given wedding gifts in India for good reason.
The flute-playing form is the most kept adult form and the one conventionally associated with home worship. Laddu Gopal is the choice where the household wants a daily seva practice. Radha Krishna suits a couple's home and is the usual wedding gift.
Krishna as the lifter of Govardhan, the presiding form at Nathdwara and the central image of the Pushtimarg tradition. Instantly recognisable to anyone from that following and a considered gift within it.
Theologically yes, but commercially and ritually it is a separate tradition with its own festival, region and aesthetic, so we keep Jagannath idols in their own collection rather than filing them under Krishna.
Brass if the murti will be bathed or handled daily, which for a Laddu Gopal it certainly will be. Gold or silver plated for display and gifting, since it holds its finish with no upkeep but must stay dry and cannot be bathed. Marble dust for the finest detail and hand-applied gold work, also a dry material.
No. Plated pieces are a precious-metal layer over a polyresin base and water, milk and kumkum will destroy the finish. If the murti will be bathed, buy solid brass.
Krishna's birth is observed on Ashtami in the dark fortnight, and two criteria decide it: the Rohini nakshatra and midnight. Both come from the same chapter of the Bhagavata Purana, which places Rohini at the ascendant and the birth at midnight. Smarta and Vaishnava traditions weight the two differently, which is why the observed date sometimes differs by a day between communities. Check a panchang for the year rather than any shopping page, including ours.
Laddu Gopal, a jhula, fresh poshak and a mukut, mostly. It is the single largest occasion in the Krishna calendar.
It can be a wonderful one, with a caution: you are giving someone a daily practice rather than an ornament. Give Him where you know that would be welcome. For a birth or naming, Bal Krishna or a small size is conventional. Where you are unsure, a flute-playing Krishna asks nothing of the recipient.
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