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Mathura
[ muht-oo-ruh ]
noun
- a city in western Uttar Pradesh, in northern India: Hindu shrine and holy city; reputed birthplace of Krishna.
Mathura
/ ˈmʌtʊərə; mʌˈθʊərə /
noun
- a city in N India, in W Uttar Pradesh on the Jumna River: a place of Hindu pilgrimage, revered as the birthplace of Krishna. Pop: 298 827 (2001) Former nameMuttra
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If Krishna should not be killed in the forest, the only alternative, the demons suggest, is to decoy him to Mathura.
Akrura is now sent for and instructed to go to Brindaban and return with Krishna to Mathura.
Next day, Krishna and the cowherds enter Mathura to attend the sports.
His true father is Vasudeva, a leader of the Yadava nobility and member of the Mathura ruling caste.
Although reared and bred among the cowherds, Krishna is, in fact, a child of Mathura.
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