Gopinath (

Devnagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the a ...

: गोपीनाथ) is a form of the

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

god

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

. He is also known as Gopinathji or Gopinathji Maharaj. Gopinath is associated with gopis (cow-herding girls) who Krishna grew up with.

References

External links

The Original Swaminarayan Sampraday (Gopinathji)
Forms of Krishna Swaminarayan Sampradaya {{Hindu-myth-stub