Very Very Happy ‘Janmashtami 2013’ The Indian Hindu festival
Janmashtami is well known Hindu festival celebrated and mostly known as Krishna janmashtami. Lord Krishna is followed by million Hindu devotees.
What is Janmashtami ?
Janmashtami is birth celebration of Lord Krishna. Who is widely accepted as Hindu liberator and Lord. Krishna had taken birth to make free earth from all evils. It is believed as he is avatar of Vishnu. On the eve of Janmashtami devotees keep fast through out the day to get good result.
When Janmashtami Celebrated ?
Janmashtami celebration happens on astami tithi on the month of Bhadra Krishna Paksha as per Hindu Calender. Janmashtami in 2012 will be celebrated on 10th August 2012( Thursday). Janmashtami been celebrated across India with a high spirit. It is believed that between 3200 and 3100 BC Krishna was living on earth.
How is Janmashtami Celebrated?
On the eve of Janmashtami devotees from different parts of country celebrate janmashtami festival in different way. Rasa Lila a special dramatic enactment of Krishna life featured in Mathura and Vrindavan. Rasa lila re-creates the flirtatious aspects of Krishna’s youthful days People chant Hare Krishna Hare Rama throughout the day.
Krishna Janmashtami 2013
If it is Janamashtmi in North India, it is raas lila in Mathura / Vrindavan, better known as dahi handi across the Maharashtrian belt, in Odisha it becomes Nandotava or Nand Utsav. The North East celebrates it as Krishnajanma while the South goes all out to celebrate Krishna Jayanti, uriadi or Gokulashtami. The point is, Krishna’s birthday is celebrated with great fervor and frolic across the entire country!
