Krishna Janmashtami to be celebrated on August 22
This year, the festival of Janmashtami to celebrate the birthday of Lord Krishna, falls on August 22. Lord Krishna was born at midnight on the ashtami the Krishnapaksha or dark fortnight in the Hindu month of Shravan.
THE BIRTHDAY Lord Krishna, Janmashtami festival, is a special occasion for Hindus and is celebrated with great fervour and devotion. This year, the festival of Janmashtami falls on August 22. Lord Krishna was born at midnight on the ashtami the Krishnapaksha or dark fortnight in the Hindu month of Shravan.
The devotees observe fast for the whole day and night, worshipping Lord Krishna and keeping vigil through the night while listening to his tales, reciting hymns from the Gita, singing devotional songs, and chanting the Vedic mantra.
Krishna's birthplace Mathura and Vrindavan mark this occasion with great fervour by staging Raslilas to commemorate Krishna's love for Radha. In northern India, at midnight, the statue of infant Krishna is placed in a cradle, which is rocked while blowing of conch and ringing the bells.
In Maharashtra, the festival is celebrated as Dahi Handi in which curd pots are suspended high above the ground and groups of young people form a human pyramids to reach the pots and break them.
In Dwarka and Kurukshetra, special celebrations are held and hordes of visitors flock to these towns to observe Janmashtami.
Here's a sentence acrostic on Krishna.
K: Known by various names like Govinda, Gopala, Sham, Shyam, Venkateshwara.
R: Revered Hindu God who as a blue-skinned
I: Infant and young lad played flute, pranks and raslila but matured into a
S: Spiritual Supreme being wearing yellow silk dhoti and peacock feather crown who spoke Gita
H: Hyms to warrior Arjuna for selfless action and asked him to behave like
N: Neutral witness to worldly events as the supreme
A: Aim of life.
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