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Krišna - bog ljudje se mu klanjajo; Krišno častijo v kraju Dakor v Gujaratu. Vijaya Bodana, rajput v Dakorju, je bil skupaj s svojo ženo Gangabai privrženec (bhakta) Krišne. Ko je bil Bodana prestar, da bi šel v mesto Dwarka izvajat svoje obrede, mu je Krišna, vesel njegove predanosti, rekel, da ga bo spremljal v Dakor ob njegovem naslednjem obisku. Bodana je vzel kipec Krišne v Dwarko in se vrnil. Toda brahmani iz Dwarke so bili zelo nezadovoljni in so napadli Bodano ter ga ubili. Ker so bili brahmani še vedno nesrečni, je Krišna rekel Gangabaiji, naj jim da kipec, ki je enak njegovi teži v zlatu. Ker je bila Gangabai prerevna, da bi to lahko storila, je Krišna njen nosni prstan spremenil v lastno težo, ki jo je nato dal brahmanom. Slika prikazuje prizor, kjer se nosni obroč tehta s kipcem Krišne / Krishna is seen here being worshipped at a place called Dakor in Gujarat. Vijaya Bodana, a rajput at Dakor along with his wife Gangabai was a devotee of Krishna. Happy with his devotion, when Bodana was too aged to go to the city of Dwarka to perform his rituals, Krishna told him that he shall accompany him back to Dakor on his next visit. Bodana took the idol at Dwarka and came back. But the brahmins of Dwarka were extremely displeased and attacked Bodana thereby killing him. Since the brahmins were still unhappy, Krishna told Gangabai to give them a idol equal to his weight in gold to them. Since Gangabai was too poor to be able to do so, Krishna turned her nose ring into his own weight which was then given to the brahmins. Th picture here depicts the scene where the nose ring is being weighed against the idol of Krishna,