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Janmashtami
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Location
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All over India
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Date
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August 15, 2017
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Category
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Festival
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Main Attraction
The Janmashtmi rituals and celebrations held in temples during mid-night.
Overview/Attraction
The festival is celebrated all over India in the Hindu month of shravan (August/September) on the 'Ashtami' or the eighth day of krishna paksh of dark fortnight. Janmashtami is also known as Gokulasthami,srijayanti and krishnasthami. The day is celebrated with great zeal and devotion. The lord Krishna Devotees observe fast for the entire day and night,worshiping him and stay vigil throughout the night listening of his tales reciting hymns and sining devotional songs from the Gita.
Celebration
The Birthplace of Krishna,
Mathura and Vrindavan celebrate this occasion with great enthusiasm and
splendor. Religious plays or Raslilas are performed to recreate events from the
life of Lord Krishna and to honor his love for Radha. Devotees gather to these
pious places to celebrate Janmashtami. On this auspicious day, homes and
temples are decorated and illuminated beautifully. Singing and dancing is
marked as the celebration of this festive all over northern India. At midnight,
the figurine of infant Krishna is bathed and laid in a cradle, which is rocked,
amidst the ringing of bells. In the state of Maharashtra, people enact the
Krishna's childhood attempts to steal butter and curd from earthen pots which
were beyond his reach. A similar earthen pot is suspended high above the ground
and groups of people form human pyramids and try to reach the pot and break it.
The town of Dwarka in Gujarat which is Krishna's own land witnesses hordes of
visitors gathering here for celebrations.
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