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Krishna’s cow friends join Him on the Altar

Krishna deity with large surabhi cow behind him and twin deer at his lotus feet. deity of krishna on altar with blue background and teal carpet

Have you started collecting cows for Krishna?

It seems like all the Vaishnava devotees soon enough start finding that cows remind them of Krishna, and so a little hunt begins. My sister has collection of what I would call mexican painted cows that have marched along her mantle for many years. I wish I had a photo to show you!

Gopala –  Gopala means “cowherd”—go means “cow,” and pala means “protector.” 

Shri Vanvihari Krishna deity dressed in red with Gaura Nitai deities and behind Krishna a large surabhi cow with full milk bags. Altar decorated witha mirror and vases and silver lanterns above
Here’s my altar when I had Surabhi cow visiting and also two sweet deer nestled up to Krishna’s lotus feet.

Have you seen my altar? I have been looking for cows for my sweet Krishna deity, Sri Sri Vanvihari Krishna – and of course I have been infused with the Surabhi Cow enthusiasm of all of Krishna’s devotees!!

Gopala, our lover of the cows and the cowherd maidens of Braj, is beloved by everyone, and what sweeter way to worship our deer lord than to offer Krishna’s cows to accompany Him on the altar?! I am still working on the perfect Surabhi to offer, but in the meantime my collection has grown quite vast!

Recently a friend reached out wanting to order some of the cows they have seen in my collection online, and I took some photos to give them a size reference, and thought I would share the photos with you! Why not, when it’s such a thing to set up the photos already, right?

Krishna’s cows come in all shapes and sizes!

Just a few from my collection – the Syamasundar Krishna deity is 13′ for those of you who will ask
You can definately order these deer – while I have a second pair. One set live with Krishna on my altar!

Collectable cows are fun too!

Another friend has little milk jugs in the shape of a cow, and offers them to Krishna with milk!

Vintage delft wear porcelain jug in shape of cow to store and pour milk from etsy collectable cows
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/967648877/delft-blue-creamer-in-the-shape-of-a-cow?gpla=1&gao=1&

I found this one on Etsy – super cute with little painted blue flowers – I love love vintage ceramics and I also love flowers! So this little cow is the cutest and now I’ve found, I would LOVE to buy Him. Except my house is kind of exploding at the edges under my collections of CUTE so maybe not. Maybe one of you will take him/her home. Follow the link to find where to buy (etsy).

That time I made Krishna’s cows as little necklaces….

These little cow pendants were inspired by a friend whose daughter, the same age as mine, is named Surabhi. It made me very happy to see Surabhi wearing a Surabhi Cow necklace! I still have a few left and I would LOVE to see you or your loved one wearing a Krishna’s cow pendant too! Order here: Surabhi cow necklace pendant V2

I would LOVE to see what cows you have found for you Surabhi Cow Collection, email me a photo and I can put together a little blog post to inspire us all!

LOVE,

your friend, Sita

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10 Easy Deity Jewelry Cheats

Krishna Crown easy stretchy bangle

Some jewellery ideas you can buy ready made and use or adapt to ornament your sweet Lords.

There are lots of differently sized deities, my Lord Chaitanya & Lord Nityananda deities are a glorious 53cm base to tip of arms, and I admit I was eager for this size, after years of making fiddly garments for my parents Gaura Nitai deities, who are only around 20cm.

  1. Elasticated rings for bracelets
  2. Stick on bindi earrings – if your deities do not have pierced earholes
  3. Earrings with the plastic earring holder as the stud back are perfect for your deities
  4. Bracelets as crowns – two types which work, stretchy elastic or soft friendship band style bracelets
  5. Ornamental braid crowns (small DIY required in joining the ends together, can be done with a stitch or two, or even sticky tape!)
  6. Bracelets & Anklets necklaces – small fine chains work nicely for this, check the kids section
  7. Adjustable Rings as crowns – particularly lovely around a bun, or for Radha deity
  8. Clippon earrings are darling to adorn belts, ends of shawls or fix turbans in place
  9. Buy beads by the strand & simply tie the ends of the thread – instant deity necklace
  10. Ribbon can make easy shawls – Lace works particularly nicely & rarely needs hem

bracelets as necklaces, a selection of our faves

Necklaces – fancy ornamental style – you can buy these filigree style necklaces anywhere, perfect for deities necklaces

Expandable rings perfect bangles for deities

soft plastic backs make perfect earring backs for studs

mukut deity jewellery
Anklebells/ Anklets as necklaces or belts

Elastic bracelets as crowns

Clippon earrings can be used charmingly attached to turbans, headbands or belts

Buy beads by the open strand and tie the ends for an instant necklace our favorite pearl necklaces are a simple pre-threaded strand of tiny pearls

Bindi for earrings, rings, jewellery, toe rings are so pretty and easy

Krishna Crown easy stretchy bangle
Krsna wears a soft tied cowherd-boy style bandanna, and using a stretchy bangle to ornament the shawl which is tied with ends out, cowherd boy style. Easy to find these stretchy bracelets at big cheap jewellery places like Lovisa, Dotti, and so on. He wears amber earrings which are secured using the little plastic stud backs which are easy to mold up to the backs of his ears.

Krishna & Balaram easy Deity DIY NO SEW no Crafting ornamental accessories
Smaller 9″ Krishna & Balaram deities wear charming strawberry earrings (childrens section of jewellery store) & little bracelets as necklaces. The gold one Lord Balaram wears is a bracelet, as is the silver diamonte one Krsna wears.
The extra pearl and silver one draped over Lord Balaram is another special delicate bracelet. These are my 8yr olds play deities. I try and let her develop her bond with them whilst only gently guiding!

Lace Shawls deity DIY, and ring crowns.

Krishna deity crown easy DIY tutorial tips and tricks for ornaments and accessories
Krishna’s crown is made from a braided/beaded wristband, with a little tassel attached. He also wears an anklet as a belt. His earrings are amber & his necklace is vintage Indian murti jewellery.