Bhagawat: The Krishna Avatar (Amar Chitra Katha) Hardcover

by Anant Pai

The Bhagawat Purana tells of the ten incarnations of Vishnu and is the most popular of the Puranas. This Special Issue describes the events of the tenth canto which narrates the life of the most beloved god in Hindu mythology - Krishna. Beginning with the miraculous birth of Krishna, the story traces his childhood exploits, including the slaying of dangerous demons and the performing of miraculous acts. The comic also describes Krishna’s battle with Kamsa as he retrieves the kingdom of Mathura for his aging grandfather, Ugrasena. In the Bhagawat, Krishna is seen as a son, brother, husband, friend and warrior.

Genres: Comics, Religion, Mythology

256 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2000

About the author

Anant Pai popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and creator of Indian comics, in particular the Amar Chitra Katha series in 1967, along with the India Book House publishers, and which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and biographies of historical characters. In 1980, he launched Tinkle, a children's anthology, which was started under Rang Rekha Features, India's first comic and cartoon syndicate, that lasted till 1998, with him as the Managing Director.

Today, Amar Chitra Katha sells about three million comic books a year, in English and more than 20 Indian languages, and has sold about 100 million copies since it inception in 1967 by Anant Pai, and in 2007 was taken over by ACK Media.

Reviews

[Dhaneesha J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bhagawat the Krishna Avatar is very good book 📚............a book that explains everything picture by picture about Krishna and other characters so it is very easy to understand each and every chapter.So I suggest you to read this book 📚📚. Really interesting book.I love this Book.

[Andromeda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a "graphic novel" (= Bhagavatam Canto 10 is in this book), although fans of Amar Chitra Katha, and ironically even the owner of the company, refer to its publications as "comic". As one might know, "graphic novel" is a technical term that describes a narrative work that delves deeper into the story lines of characters and history, not just action, and they complete the full arch of a narrative by the end of the text. Going by that definition, the present qualifies to be a "graphic novel" although it is not a "novel" in the true of the word.

For about 55 years, the company has been in the active, laudable service of publishing Hindu scriptures, mainly the puranas, in comic-strip format, thus making many an abstruse and heavy-going scriptures widely accessible to the general public.

Like all other series in Amar Chitra Katha publications, this graphic novel is more than just an accurate rendition of Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10. A lot of minute and intricate details that one may easily miss out in one's cursory reading of the original Bhagavatam (Canto 10) have been very accurately captured in this comic-strip format. I cannot help but marvel at this extraordinary feat! It is simply stellar!

This publication could, therefore, be a good supplementary reading resource for anyone who wants read the actual Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10.

[Kavitha Sivakumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

However many books I read based Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavatam, I still learn something new in every book. This book is no exception :)

I learned about many sons of Krishna and his grandson Aniruddha.

[Avinash K · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful

Simply told. Good illustrations. No fuss, no mess story telling. It makes one want to read the more detailed versions. That is the best part of this book.

[Vinay Bysani · Rating 4 out of 5]

glimses into Krishna's life from the Huge epic Mahabaratha. At times, it feels disjointed and introduces characters without much back story. It might be overwhelming for someone completely unaware of Mahabaratha though

[Blue Muffin · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book that made the librarian wonder how many times would I borrow it again and again. Belle kind of.

[jmchary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good 👍

I like it . It's very interesting and teaches us about the history very ☺☺👍👍👍👍👍👍 must read book of amar chitra katha

[Ravi Kumar Dandapani]

nice

[Aaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book

[Sreya VT · Rating 5 out of 5]

my whole childhood.

[ringo · Rating 4 out of 5]

very beautiful graphic novel + amazing starting point for people new to the subject as it’s informative but easy to get through! can’t wait to read other texts with more detail :))

[Deepti · Rating 3 out of 5]

Terribly disappointing read. Especially after the high expectations that ACK Mahabaratha created. Would have given it 2 stars for it's 2 dimensional rendition if not for being the story of Lord Krishna.