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04:23 4 Sep
Janmashtami Celebration
04-Sep-2015
<span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;">The </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindu_festivals" title="List of Hindu festivals" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">festival</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;"> is celebrated on the eighth day (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtami" title="Ashtami" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ashtami</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;">) of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paksha#Krishna_Paksha" title="Paksha" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Krishna Paksha</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;"> (dark fortnight) of the month of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shravan" title="Shravan" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Shravan</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;"> (August–September) in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Hindu calendar</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;">. </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasa_lila" title="Rasa lila" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Rasa lila</a></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;">, dramatic enactments of the life of Krishna, are a special feature in regions of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathura,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Mathura, Uttar Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Mathura</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrindavan" title="Vrindavan" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Vrindavan</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;">, and regions following </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaishnavism_of_Manipur" title="Vaishnavism of Manipur" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Vaishnavism in Manipur</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;">.</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 10.1818px;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;">While the</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;">Rasa lila</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;"> re-creates the flirtatious aspects of Krishna's youthful days, the </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahi_Handi" title="Dahi Handi" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dahi Handi</a></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;"> celebrate God's playful and mischievous side, where teams of young men form human towers to reach a high-hanging pot of butter and break it. This tradition, also known as </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;">uriadi</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;">, is a major event in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Tamil Nadu</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;"> on Gokulashtami. Krishna Janmashtami is followed by the festival </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandotsav" title="Nandotsav" class="mw-redirect" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Nandotsav</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;">, which celebrates the occasion when </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanda_Baba" title="Nanda Baba" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Nanda Baba</a><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.3636px;"> distributed gifts to the community in honour of the birth.</span></span>