Why lord krishna left mathura and went to dwarka if you say he is supreme god?  

Mathura is reputed to be the birthplace of Krishna, Krishnajanmabhoomi. The Keshav Dev temple was built in ancient times on the site of Krishna's legendary birthplace (an underground prison). As per epic Mahabharata, Mathura was the capital of the Surasena Kingdom, ruled by Kansa the maternal uncle of Krishna.

Mathura is also famous as one of the first two centres of production for images of the Buddha (the other being Gandhara in present-day Pakistan/Afghanistan). Human images of the Buddha began to appear approximately at the same time (1st Century AD) in both centers but can be distinguished from one another as the Gandharan images are very clearly Greco-Roman in inspiration with the Buddha wearing wavy locks tucked up into a chignon and heavier toga-like robes whereas the Buddha figurines produced in Mathura more closely resemble some of the older male fertility gods and have shorter, curlier hair and lighter, more translucent robes.

In the 6th century BC Mathura became the capital of the Shursen republic. The city was later ruled by the Maurya empire (4th to 2nd centuries BC) and the Sunga dynasty (2nd century BC). It may have come under control of the Indo-Greeks some time between 180 BC and 100 BC. However, it would then have briefly reverted to Indian rule before being occupied by the Indo-Scythians during the 1st century BC. Archaeological evidence seems to indicate that, by 100 BC, there was a group of Jains living in Mathura [Bowker].

Megasthenes, writing in the early 3rd century BC, mentions Mathura as a great city under the name Μέθορα (Méthora).[2]

Mathura served as one of the Kushan Empire's two capitals from the first to the third centuries. The Mathura Museum has the largest collection of redstone sculptures in Asia, depicting many famous Buddha figurines. In 634 Xuanzang had visited the Mathura town. He went east to Jalandhar in eastern Punjab, before climbing up to visit predominantly Theravada monasteries in the Kulu valley and turning southward again to Bairat and then Mathura, on the Yamuna river.

The city was sacked and many of its temples destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1018. The Keshav Dev temple was partially destroyed by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, who built the city's Jami Masjid (Friday mosque) on the same site, re-using many of the temple's stones. The main Krishna shrine is presently the Dwarkadeesh temple, built in 1815 by Seth Gokuldas Parikh, Treasurer of Gwalior.

Answered by Anju Singh , an ibibo Master, at 5:04 PM on October 21, 2008

Krishna was born of Devaki, the wife of Vasudeva, while the couple were imprisoned in Mathura. They were imprisoned because their eighth son, Krishna, was prophesied to kill his maternal uncle, the evil King Kansa.

He then went to Mathura to kill Kansa and stayed in Mathura till he was 28. After that, he moved to Dwarka where he lived to a ripe old age.

Answered by SESHAN , an ibibo Master, at 4:01 PM on October 21, 2008

Krishna is the supreme and that is suggested by his name. krishna means "all-attractive". He is attractive to all and is not attracted to any, in other words he is the cause of all causes and he himmself is not a subject to any cause. Thus there is no concept like Krishna went here and there..... he is omnipresent but it is just a part of the physical activities which are determined for a particular incarnation that he moves somewhere and stays somewhere.

Answered by Ashish Yadav , an ibibo Wizard, at 3:52 PM on October 21, 2008