Why did the Hindu God Krishna have 16,000 wives?

Krishna had 8 wives. Besides eight principal queens, the Hindu god Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu and the king of Dwarka in the Dwapara Yuga (epoch), is described to have many unnamed junior wives. Their number is mentioned as 16,000 or 16,100 in different scriptures. read more

Krishna is the mortal avatar of Vishnu and Vishnu being the Devine powers of Trinity and the caretaker of the living dimensions of many universe was desired by many women as husband but Vishnu has Lakshmi as his wife and hence can not fullfil that request no matter how much TAP or penance you do to please him so in his Krishna avatar he fulfilled that duty as well. read more

Note: Another theory relates the Krishna, who plays the flute and the lover of music, and his 16,000 wives to the 16,000 ragas or musical modes or passions or affections of the mind in Indian classical music, and their wives - the raginis (female raga). read more

Yes, Sri Krishna had 16000 wives. Lakshmi took 8 forms to satisfy the boons given for Jambavantha,Satharajith etc..to get their daughters married to Lord Krishna. All the 8 wives of Lord Krishna are indeed one. And about the 16000 wives , they were the princess and queens of several kingdoms, who were captivated by Narakasura. read more