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Balarama

American  
[buhl-uh-rah-muh] / ˌbʌl əˈrɑ mə /

noun

Hindu Mythology.
  1. the elder brother of Krishna and an incarnation of Vishnu.


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When Balarama Heller got married last month in Tepoztlán, Mexico, a town known for reported U.F.O. sightings, he noticed one night a fiery oval shape hovering over the mountains.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2023

“To hear this is deeply disturbing and just horrifying, that someone from our creative community would be targeted in this way,” said Balarama Heller, a photographer who met Gallagher around 2010.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023

In Balarama Holness’s case, he has grabbed Canadian headlines after mobilizing a grass-roots movement over the past two years that pushed Montreal’s City Hall to hold hearings on systemic racism.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2020

Mr. Holness’s outsized swagger and ambition are perhaps inevitable — he noted that because of his parents’ respect for Hindu tradition, they named him Balarama, considered by some a god with extraordinary strength.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2020

One day he and Balarama are sitting together when Balarama reminds him of their promise that after staying for a time in Mathura they will assuredly visit them.

From The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry by Archer, W. G.