Today, the holy festival of Shri Krishna Janmashtami was celebrated with pomp and gaiety all over the country. The celebration of the celebration was seen in Mathura and Vrindavan, the birthplace of Lord Krishna, where lakhs of devotees were absorbed in devotion.
Wave of devotion in Mathura-Vrindavan
On the occasion of Janmashtami, a crowd of about 1 million devotees gathered in Vrindavan. Outside the Banke Bihari temple, long queues continued to see, where devotees were seen waiting for their turn. Special events were also organized at the Krishna birthplace of Mathura. This year the temple was decorated on the theme of ‘Operation Sindoor’, in which Thakurji’s flower bungalow was specially decorated with Sinduri flowers ordered from Kolkata and Bangalore. Thakurji’s dress was also the center of attraction, which was made by the artisans of Mathura with six months of hard work. This dress also saw a beautiful combination of seven colors of the rainbow.
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Enthusiasm in other parts of the country
The Janmashtami festival began in the morning at the Srinathji temple in Nathdwara, Rajasthan with Mangala Darshan, where Thakurji was bathed with milk, curd, ghee, sugar and honey. 21 cannon salutes will be given on the birth of Kanha at 12 o’clock at night, after which Thakurji will be bathed with Panchamrit.
At the same time, Dahi Handi was organized on the occasion of Janmashtami in Mumbai, Maharashtra, in which the youth participated extensively. Bathing, Abhishek and Shringar Aarti Darshan of Lord Dwarkanath were organized in Dwarka temple in Gujarat. The ISKCON temple in Bangalore, Karnataka also thronged a huge crowd of devotees, who were excited to attend the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna.