Guest guest Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 Krishna Jayanthi - 19th August 2003 -Wednesday Sri Krishna Jayanthi - also known as Gokulashtami or Janmashtami, is the birthday of Lord Krishna. This year, it falls on Friday, August 19th,2002. This festival is celebrated with great pomp and show throughout the country. Temples hold special poojas and devotees throng to the temples to get the blessings of the Lord Krishna. The houses are also decorated with special care. Patterns of small feet, drawn with rice flour are made, leading from the house entrance to the puja room, where the idol of Lord Krishna is kept. This symbolises the baby Krishna coming to his devotees' house to bless them and leaving behind his footsteps.. & house decorated with huge colourful kolams ( rangolis) Special dishes like murukku, seedai, vella seedai, thengozhal, payasam are all made and offered to the Lord. In the evening, usually a special pooja is done to mark the occasion and people ask one another "krishnar onga veetukku vandacha?" (Has Krishna come to your house?). Kids are also dressed up as Krishna and Radha (young Krishna's lady love at Brindavan). Of course Samratchana has special Cultural programmes. In Mahabaratha, Lord Krishna advices arjuna in the battlefield. that advice is called Bhagavad Gita. The main idea is ' Do your duty and leave the rest to God. duty is more important that anything else. be prepared to be balanced at the time of happiness or sorrow.' Sri Krishna Leela Krishna was famous for his leelas or divine acts. Right from the time he was an infant, he performed these leelas to save his devotees from evil. Most of the time, this involved fighting with the demons sent by his evil uncle Kamsa to kill him. Before Krishna was born, Kamsa had a dream that the eighth child born to his sister Devaki will prove to be his nemesis. So Kamsa killed all of Devaki's children, except for the eighth one, Krishna, who was left in the home of Nandagopa, the chief of cowherds and was brought up as his own child. When Kamsa heard of this, he periodically sent demons around to kill Krishna and they were all vanquished one by one and ultimately, Krishna killed Kamsa. Krishnarpanam !! Rgds Hema Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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