Wish You A Very Happy Janmastami

Krishna Janmashtami
Baby Krishna Sleeping Beauty.jpg
An image of Krishna
Also calledKrishnashtami, Saatam Aatham, Gokulashtami, Ashtami Rohini, Srikrishna Jayanti, Sree Jayanti
Observed byHindus in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa, other parts of Africa, and the United Kingdom, the United States.
TypeReligious (1–2 days), cultural
CelebrationsDahi Handi (next day), kite-flying, fair, traditional sweet dishes etc.
ObservancesDance-drama, puja, night vigil, fasting
2018 dateMonday, 3 September[1][2]
Krishna Janmashtami (Devanagari कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी, IAST: Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī), also known simply as Janmashtami or Gokulashtami, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu.[3] It is observed according to Hindu luni-solar calendar, on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in the mo

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