Ugrasena

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Ugrasena
Krishna and Ugrasena
Information
Title	King
Affiliation	Yadava dynasty
Spouse	Padmavati
Children	Kansa,
Relatives	Ahuka (father)
Nationality	Kingdom of Mathura

Balarama and Krishna being received at the court of the King Ugrasena at Mathura

Ugrasena (Sanskrit: उग्रसेन) is a puranic king in Mahabharata epic. He was the king of Mathura, a kingdom that was established by the powerful Vrishni tribes from Yaduvanshi clan. Lord Krishna's Uncle, King Kansa, was the son of Ugrasena and Lord Krishna himself was the grandson of Ugrasena. He established his grandfather as the ruler of Mathura again after defeating his uncle, King Kansa who was a wicked ruler. Before this, King Ugrasena was overthrown from power by his own son Kansa and was sentenced to prison along with his daughter Devaki and son in law Vasudeva to prison. Devki and Vasudev were parents of Lord Krishna.

Legends[]

Samba, the son of Krishna and great grand son of Ugrasena had insulted sages by disguising as pregnant female and asked the sages to identify the gender of the baby to be born. The angry sage cursed. As per the curse from sages, Samba next day delivered an iron rod. The Yadavas gave news about this incident to Ugrasena who had the rod turned into powder and thrown into the sea. He also prohibited liquor in his kingdom. Sometime after this incident he died and attained heaven.^{[citation needed]} He along with Bhurshiravas, Shalya, Uttara and his brother Shankha, Vasudeva, Bhuri, Kansa joined the company of Devas in heaven.^[1]

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