{"id":3431,"date":"2025-05-12T01:41:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T01:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=3431"},"modified":"2025-05-12T01:41:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T01:41:31","slug":"the-submerged-kingdom-of-krishna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=3431","title":{"rendered":"The Submerged Kingdom of Krishna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legends speak of a magnificent, fortified city \u2013 the &#8220;ancient kingdom of Krishna&#8221; \u2013 spanning 84 kilometers where the Gomti River meets the Arabian Sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-80.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-80.png 640w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-80-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dwarka, the underwater city, is believed to have been swallowed by the sea after Krishna&#8217;s departure. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-77.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-77.png 640w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-77-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To prevent further attacks on his clan, Lord Krishna decided to establish a separate city on the western coast of India. The great architect Vishwakarma brought this idea to life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-69.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-69.png 640w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-69-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The submerged city of Dwarka was built by Krishna near a place called Kushasthali, according to ancient texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-60.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-60.png 640w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-60-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Krishna passed away, Arjuna evacuated the remaining inhabitants of Dwarka, after which the lost city of Dwarka is believed to have been consumed by the sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-53.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-53.png 640w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-53-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This event remains one of the central mysteries of Dwarka. 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Dwarka, the underwater city, is believed to have been swallowed by the sea after Krishna&#8217;s departure. \u00a0 To prevent further attacks on his clan, Lord Krishna decided to establish a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[657],"tags":[768,764,765,767,766],"class_list":["post-3431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spiritual","tag-ancientindia","tag-dwarka","tag-krishna","tag-lostcity","tag-underwatercity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3442,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3431\/revisions\/3442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}