Sunday 21 August 2011

JANMASTAMI

LORD KRISHNA BIRTHDAY

Hello Visitors thanks for your support, I Atul will now discuss about a famous festival of india which is famous throught the world. JANMASTAMI 




ABOUT THIS FESTIVAL
This Festival is Celebrated for the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna the eighth avatar (Incarnation) of Lord Vishnu. This religious festival is celebrated all over India in the month of August/September on the ashtami of Krishna Paksh or the eighth day inthe month of Bhadon according to the Hindu calendar with great devotion and zeal. Janmashtami is also known as Gokulashtami, Krishnasthami, Srijayanti in different region. The Janmashtami of Mathura and Vrindavan, the places where Lord Krishna had spent his childhood, are famous all over the world. Devotees from across the world come to these pious places to celebrate Janmasthami. On this auspicious occasion, temples and homes are beautifully decorated and illuminated.The temples especially in Vrindavan witness an extravagant and colourful celebration on this occasion. Raslila is performed to recreate incidents from the life of Krishna and to commemorate his love for Radha.








-by Atul

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