Once upon a time, there lived a man named Mukundananda with his wife, and their son called Raghunanda. Usually, it was Mukundanada who would offer food to Lord Krishna before any meal time as is custom. However, he had to attend to a disciple who was on his death bed so he passed on the responsibility to his son. Raghunanda took the plate of ladoos and went in. He pleaded with the lord to eat the laddoos. However, when nothing happened, he began to cry. The lord appeared in front of him in the form of a child and asked why he was weeping. He explained that his mother had told him the Lord would eat the offerings but that hadn’t happened and so he was upset.
The lord thought for a moment and began eating the offered laddoos. When he kept taking empty plates back, his father thought to check on him the next time he went in. He saw the lord eating laddoos and gasped. Hearing him, the lord turned back into stone, a half ladoo ijn his hand. Thus, a benevolent smile and a ladoo in his hand—such is the appearance of this bronze cast idol of Lord Krishna as a crawling infant. His face holds utter innocence as he lies there, hair piled up on top of his tiny head.
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