Janmashtami is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Krishna. It is a sacred, holy and important day for the Hindu. Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the Ashthmi, the eighth day of the dark half or Krishnapaksh of the month of Shravan in the Hindu calendar. Janmashtami usually falls in the mid of August or the early September. One of the biggest religious festivals in the world, Janmashtami is celebrated by nine hundred and thirty million people around the world--and two million in the US alone.
The devotees visit to temple at the night and offer devotions to lord Krishna. The celebrations are spiced up with the Krishna Raslila. It is represented as dramatic enactments of the life of Krishna in regions of Mathura and Varindhavan. Some places even practice the Dahihandi tradition. Lord Krishna was a mischievous child and he loved to eat butter even if he can steal it in his childhood so people in some areas hung up a matki filled with butter on a rope and a human group/ pyramid is formed to break that matki. This celebration is really a fun to watch.
Temples look impressive with full of lights and decoration. In the temple everybody do Kirtan and sing songs of lord Krishna like prayer. In some areas, devotees cook meal of over one hundred dishes, while others perform drama and dance. Some clothe and decorate the deity of Krishna while others string enormous flower garlands and other decorations for the temple. Incense burns, scriptures are read. In most of the roads or in temple, children can play with dramatic drama and people come out from home and see them.
SHRI KRISHNA
