Krishnaram

Krishnaram
Krishnaram
Lokadevata
Member of Folk deities
Affiliation	Hinduism
Gender	Male
Region	Mithila
Ethnic group	Yadav
Genealogy
Born	11th century CE; Balua village, near Bhimnagar, Supaul district

Krishnaram (Maithili: कृष्णाराम) is the Lokadevata (folk deity) or Lokadeva of the Yadav community in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent. His vehicle was elephant named Subaran. He lived during the period of 11th century.

Early life

Krishnaram was born in a family of Guaar community in the Mithila region. He was a Yaduvanshi. He was contemporary to the other folk deities Salhesh, Dina-Bhadri, etc. in the region. He belonged to Bhimnagar village located near the Kosi Barrage in the present Supaul district of Bihar. He was born in the Balua village of the district.

References

↑ Dāsa, Harikānta Lāla (2003). Saptarī Jillākā pramukha sāṃskr̥tika sthalaharu: eka adhyayana : laghuanusandhānakārya (in Nepali). Nepāla Rājakīya Prajñā-Pratishṭhāna. ISBN 978-99933-50-56-9.
1 2 "लोकदेव कृष्णाराम". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
↑ मिथिला: लोक-संस्कृति एवं लोककथाऍ (in Hindi). रेमाधव पब्लिकेशन्स. 2007. ISBN 978-81-89962-14-2.
↑ "Krishnaram & Subran :: कृष्णाराम आ हाथी सुबरन". Maithil Manch. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
1 2 Śrīvāstava, Lakshmī Prasāda (1990). Bihāra loka saṃskrti kośa: Mithilā khanḍạ (in Hindi). Sītārāma Prakāśana.
↑ IAS, Dr Birendra Prasad; D.Litt, Prof Om Prakash Bharti (2026-07-09). Folk Ballads of Bihar : An Anthology with Critical Studies. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-7573-026-2.

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[1] Dāsa, Harikānta Lāla (2003). Saptarī Jillākā pramukha sāṃskr̥tika sthalaharu: eka adhyayana : laghuanusandhānakārya (in Nepali). Nepāla Rājakīya Prajñā-Pratishṭhāna. ISBN 978-99933-50-56-9.

[:1-2] 1 2 "लोकदेव कृष्णाराम". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2026-09-29.

[3] मिथिला: लोक-संस्कृति एवं लोककथाऍ (in Hindi). रेमाधव पब्लिकेशन्स. 2007. ISBN 978-81-89962-14-2.

[4] "Krishnaram & Subran :: कृष्णाराम आ हाथी सुबरन". Maithil Manch. Retrieved 2026-09-29.

[:2-5] 1 2 Śrīvāstava, Lakshmī Prasāda (1990). Bihāra loka saṃskrti kośa: Mithilā khanḍạ (in Hindi). Sītārāma Prakāśana.

[6] IAS, Dr Birendra Prasad; D.Litt, Prof Om Prakash Bharti (2026-07-09). Folk Ballads of Bihar : An Anthology with Critical Studies. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-7573-026-2.