Balarama (Balarāma), also known as Baladeva, Baldau, Balabhadra and Halayudha,'s the elder brother of the divine being, Krishna in Hinduism. Within Vaishnavism and a number of South Indian, Hindu traditions Balarama's worshipped as an avatar of Vishnu, and he's also listed as such in the Bhagavata Purana. Within both the Vaishnava traditions and Hinduism generally he's acknowledged as being a manifestation of Shesha, the serpent on whom Vishnu rests. The Bhagavata Purana describes Krishna… (More on Balabhadra)