Wives - 1

 Do you know how many wives Lord Sri Krishna had? According to the Bhagavatam the number is 16108. Among them 8 members are important and called as “astabharyalu”. The stories how Lord Sri Krishna married them are interesting. 

 

The first wife of Lord Sri Krishna was Rukmini devi. She was princess of kingdom Vidharbha. Her father was Bheeshmakudu. He had five sons, with names Rukmi, Rukmadharudu,Rukmabahudu, Rukmaketisudu, Rukmanethrudu and one daughter, Rukmini. It is believed that Devi Sri Mahalakshmi actually had born as Rukmini devi.

Many visitors used to come to the house of Bheeshmakudu and they used to talk about the personality and characteristics of Lord Sri Krishna. By keep on  listening these words, Rukmini developed love towards Krishna since her childhood. As grown up she decided to marry none other than Lord Sri Krishna. Krishna also heard about the beauty and good qualities of Rukmini and he also wanted to marry her.

 But the elder brother of Rukmini, Rukmi decided Sisupaludu as bridegroom for her. Sisupaludu was king of Chedi kingdom. Rukmini felt very sad about the decision of her brother and she wanted to send some messenger to convey her love towards Krishna. She choosed Brahmin Sunandhudu for this. She gave her message to Krishna to the hands of Sunandhudu and sent him to Dwaraka.

Sunandhudu went to Dwaraka and conveyed Rukmini’s message to Krishna and told howmuch she loves him and what her brother’s decision is. In her message Rukmini told to Krishna “ to come to their capital Kundinapuram with army to defeat Sisupaludu and to marry her. She told one plan that she will come to outskirts of the city to worship Sarvamangala devi one day before marriage, Krishna can come there and take her away.