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Krishna Janmashtami, also known as Gokulashtami and Sree Jayanti, is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna.


Krishna is said to have been born on the eighth day (ashtami) of the Rohini nakshatra. The Hindu calendar being luni-solar, these two days may not coincide, and therefore there is some ambiguity about which day is celebrated as Krishna Jayanti. Different sects may possibly celebrate it on different days. Krishna Jayanti occurs in August or September of the Gregorian calendar.


Krishna Jayanti is celebrated by preparing and consuming sweets, milk products, especially butter, etc. Houses are decorated with little feet drawn with flour paste symbolizing the entry of the child Krishna into the house.


External links

  • Krishna.com (http://www.krishna.com) All about Krishna. Info, books, MP3s, images, radio. . .



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Krishna Janmaashtami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (491 words)
Krishna Janmaashtami, also known as "Krishnaashtami", "Gokulaashtami", "Srikrishna Jayanti", "Sree Jayanthi" or sometimes merely as "Janmaashtami", is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar (incarnation) of Vishnu.
Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the eighth day of the dark half (Krishna Paksha) of the month of Bhadrapadha in the Hindu calendar, when the Rohini Nakshatram is ascendent.
While the Raslila recreates the youthful Krishna's dalliance with the milkmaids of his native land, the "Dahi-Handi" tradition of Maharashtra re-enacts his childhood pranks, wherein Krishna and his young cronies helped themselves to butter and other goodies in the houses of their neighbours.
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