janmashtami

    JANMASHTAMI IT'S A FESTIVLE

                                 Janmashtami, Hindu Festivle celebrating the birth of the god shree krishna on eighth (ashtami)day of the dark fortnight of the month of bhadrapada (August-September). The number eight has another significance in the Krishna Legend in that he is the eight child of his mother, Devaki.

                                           The occasion is observed especially in mathura and vrindavan (brindaban),the              scences os Krishna's childhood and early youth. On the preceding day,devotees keep a vigil and fast           untile midnight,the traditional hour of his birth.Then the image of krishna is bathed in water and                  milk, dressed in new clothes,and worshipped.

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                                            Temples and household shrines are decorated with leaves and flowers; sweetments are first offered to the god and then distributed as prasada(the god's leftovers,wich carry his favour)to all the memberrs of the household.

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