Thakur Banke Bihari Lal is one of the most revered deities in the Hindu religion, believed to be an incarnation of Lord Krishna, the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu. The history of Thakur Banke Bihari dates back to the 1860s when Swami Haridas discovered an idol of Lord Krishna in the forest of Vrindavan. The idol’s divine beauty moved Swami Haridas, and he installed it in the Nidhivan temple in Vrindavan.