Is it blue? Is it Green? Behold! It is Peacock Green!!

Woo-hoo! Day 8- almost on the verge of closure to my series- 'Navratri-What's the colour today!"

Peacock Green it was!! Google has a simple..err..I mean quite simple explanation of this colour and I'll quote, 'a moderate yellowish green that is greener and stronger than tarragon, deeper than malachite green, and deeper and slightly yellower than verdigris'😝😜.

Well, the very mention of the colour simply reminds me of the beautiful royal peacock spreading its eye-spotted multi-coloured tail-feathers and dancing away to glory!! That is peacock green to me- hues of blue, hues of green and hues of yellow all arranged so naturally so elegantly together, soothing the eyes of the beholder! 

Now, when we speak of peacock feather, the first image which strikes our mind is that of 'Lord Krishna' with that 'morpankh' adorning his mukut, bansuri on his lips and the mischievous smile reaching his eyes!

Kanha, Gopal, Kunj Bihari, Madhav, Banke Bihari, Nandgopal - our Krishna is known by so many names! Janamashtami or Gokulashtami is celebrated like a national festival not only around the country but around the world, too, when followers worship the 'bal avatar' and rejoice the birth of Krishna.  One of the most popular deities, Krisha holds a special place in our Bollywood movies, too. Have we not often humm to the tunes of "Yashumati maiya se bole nandlala, Radha kyu gori, mein kyu kala!". So, the morpankh and Krisha connection?? According to the Vrindavan story, the melodious raga from Krishna's flute made the peacocks in and around Govardhan hills dance with joy and when Krishna joined the peacocks in their dance, the king of peacocks offered the morpankh, his greatest opulence, as a token of gratitude  and till date it adorns the forehead of our  'shyam varna' or dark skinned Krishna and hence another name is 'Mormukatdhari"!

Do you see that tiny morpankh perched in the mukut of this little Krishna - my Krishna, my very own Ladoo Gopal💓😍

I have taken an attempt to intone one of the beautiful bhajans sung in praise of Lord Krishna. All that the simple bhajan says is that 'darshan' of Krishna solely depends on the strength of one's bhakti. 

अच्युतम केशवं कृष्ण दामोदरं, राम नारायणं जानकी वल्लभं || 

अच्युतम केशवं कृष्ण दामोदरं, राम नारायणं जानकी वल्लभं || 

'Peacock Green' morpankh- an auspicious symbol associated with the national bird of our country- is believed to bring good luck and prosperity if kept in the house. May the 'morpankh' absorb all that is negative and bestow all that is divine, blissful and pure!