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Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna is celebrated with great devotion and enthusiasm in India in July or August. According to the Hindu calendar this religious festival is celebrated on the Ashtami of Krishna Paksh or the 8th day of the dark fortnight in Bhadon. Sri Krishna is considered as one of the most powerful human incarnations of ...
Krishna Janmashtami or Gokul Ashtami is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna, an avatar of Hindu deity Vishnu. [2]Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the Ashtami tithi, the eighth day of the dark half or Krishna Paksha of the month of Bhaadra in the Hindu calendar, when the Rohini Nakshatra is ascendant.
In the eastern state of Odisha, specifically the region around Puri and in Nabadwip, West Bengal, the festival is also referred to as Sri Krishna Jayanti or simply Sri Jayanti. [55] [56] People celebrate Janmashtami by fasting and worship until midnight. The Bhagavata Purana is recited from the 10th chapter, a section dedicated to the life of ...
Mahaveer Jayanthi 6 April Good Friday: 10 April Tamil New Year Day, B R Ambedkar’s birthday: 14 April May Day (Labour's day) 1 May Ramzan: 5 May Bakrid: 1 August Krishna Jayanthi: 11 August Independence day: 15 August Ganesh Chaturthi: 22 August Muharram: 30 August Gandhi Jayanthi (Mahatma Gandhi's birthday) 2 October Ayutha Pooja: 14 October ...
Shani Dev Jayanti is celebrated on New Moon day i.e. Amavasya of Jyeshtha month.; Ganga Dussehra is celebrated as the avatarana or descent of the Ganges from heaven to earth. . The day of the celebration, Ganga Dashahara, the Dashami (tenth day) of the waxing moon of the Hindu calendar month Jyestha, brings throngs of bathers to the banks of the riv
Krishna's birthday is celebrated every year by Hindus on Krishna Janmashtami according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar, which falls in late August or early September of the Gregorian calendar. [16] [17] [18] The anecdotes and narratives of Krishna's life are generally titled as Krishna Līlā.
Gaurabda is the name of the moon calendar used by Gaudiya Vaishnavism as part of the liturgy. [1] It is used as the main calendar of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. [2] Following Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition, the years are counted from the birth (traditionally known as the "appearance" day) of Śrī Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
7. AUnn-Matyo In the month of Sawan, on the Baaras of Krishna Paksha, the cereals used in food are changed, i.e. instead of wheat and rice, chapatis made of gram flour are eaten. 8. Ban Badhri During the month of 'Bado', during the Baaras (Dwadashi) of Shukla Paksha, Varun Dev had taken an avatar. In lieu of that, small insects like ants etc ...