Baby Krishna Sucking the Life out of the Demoness Putana
OriginHindu Mythology
To eliminate the predicted threat to his throne, the tyrant King Kamsa sent the shape-shifting demoness Putana to kill the infant Krishna. Disguising herself as a beautiful woman, she attempted to nurse him with poisoned milk, but the divine child sucked out her life force instead. Upon her death, she was liberated from her demonic nature and granted a motherly status in the afterlife due to...