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  Krishna Janmaashtami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Krishna Janmaashtami, also known as "Krishnaashtami", "Gokulaashtami", "Srikrishna Jayanti", "Sree Jayanthi" or sometimes merely as "Janmaashtami", is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar (incarnation) of Vishnu.
Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the eighth day of the dark half (Krishna Paksha) of the month of Bhadrapadha in the Hindu calendar, when the Rohini Nakshatram is ascendent.
While the Raslila recreates the youthful Krishna's dalliance with the milkmaids of his native land, the "Dahi-Handi" tradition of Maharashtra re-enacts his childhood pranks, wherein Krishna and his young cronies helped themselves to butter and other goodies in the houses of their neighbours.
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 janmashtami,krishna Janmashtami,janmashtami greetings,shri krishna janmashtami,janmashtami indian festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Janmashtami, the birth of Lord Krishna is celebrated with great devotion in the August/September months, on the Ashtami of Krishna Paksh or the 8th day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadon, in the whole of north India.
Lord Krishna was born in the DuaparYug which came just before the Kal Yug and Janamasthami, his birthday falls on the Ashtami Paksh or the 8th day of the new moon fortnight in the month of Bhadra some time in July or August.
We are told that every day after the men and womenfolk left for their farms, the naughty and adventurous Krishna along with a band of his mates would build a human pyramid and plunder the caskets of milk and butter much to the chagrin of the owners.
www.indiavisitinformation.com /indian-culture/indian-festival/Krishna-Janmashtami-in-india.shtml   (1783 words)

  
 BBC - Religion & Ethics - Janamashtami   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Krishna is perceived by most Hindus to be an avatar (incarnation) of Vishnu, who is regarded as the highest avatar.
Krishna is considered to be a warrior, hero, teacher and philosopher by Hindus.
Krishna's birthday is celebrated eight days after Raksha Bandhan in the month of Sravana and celebrations are spread over two days.
www.bbc.co.uk /religion/religions/hinduism/holydays/janamashtami   (259 words)

  
 The Hindu : Karnataka / Udupi News : All set for Krishna Janmashtami in Udupi
Krishna Jayanti (on September 6) and Krishna Leelotsava or Vittal Pindi, (on September 7) are celebrated in a grand manner in Udupi.
Krishna Janmashtami or Krishna Jayanti, as the case may be, is being celebrated in Udupi since the time, when the exponent of Dwaita philosophy, Sri Madhwacharya installed the idol of Lord Krishna at Udupi about eight centuries ago.
Krishna Janmashtami becomes a colourful occasion with the presence of children in the costumes of Balakrishna.
www.hinduonnet.com /2004/09/05/stories/2004090503980300.htm   (442 words)

  
 Janamashtami Festival, Janamashtami In India, Festival Of Janamashtami, Janamashtami Hindu Festival, Birthday Of Lord ...
Krishna Jayanthi is also called as Janma Ashtami day, Gokula Ashtami and Sri Jayanthi.The birthday of Krishna, who was born to King Vasudeva and Devaki Devi is celebrated as a festival on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Sravana, which corresponds to the English month of August-September.
The life and message of Sri Krishna is the most stirring saga of one of the greatest saviours and propounders of Dharma.
Sri Krishna who manifests all levels of joy, is also the source of spiritual joy, which overrides mental or emotional joy, just as emotional joy overrides physical joy.
festivals.iloveindia.com /janmashtmi   (560 words)

  
 An informative Guide to Prashanthi Nilayam - Festivals - Sri Krishna Jayanti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Krishna was born in the month of Sravana, in the dark fortnight (Krishna Paksha) on Ashtami day, in a dark room...
Krishna's advent signifies the dispelling of darkness, the removal of troubles, banishing of ignorance and teaching mankind the Supreme Wisdom.
Krishna's primary role was that of a teacher.
laluni.helloyou.ws /askbaba/guide/jayanti.html   (254 words)

  
 Channel 4 - Can you believe it? - Sri Krishna Jayanti
Sri Krishna Jayanti is a Hindu festival marking the birth of Bhagavan Sri Krishna, who Hindus believe to be the 8th incarnation of Vishnu, the god of protection.
Krishna was born more than 5,000 years ago in India, in Madura, then under the oppressive reign of Kamsa.
Krishna lived a luxurious life and this is reflected in the elaborate celebrations which mark his birthday.
www.channel4.com /culture/microsites/C/can_you_believe_it/religion/festkrishna.html   (234 words)

  
 Sri Krishna Jayanti
Sri Krishna Jayanti marks the celebration of the birth of Bhagavan Sri Krishna.
Sri Krishna's utterance at that moment makes strange reading: "May this child come to life, if I have observed brahmacharya, if I have stuck to truth and if my wealth of virtues has never diminished." And of course, the child came to life and became the future king of Bharatavarsha, Parikshita.
But when Krishna did so, she was stunned to see illimitable universes dancing in the little cavity of his mouth.
www.mangalore.com /festivals/srikrishnajayanti.html   (1796 words)

  
 Mountain River Rafting - Lord Krishna birthday
Krishna Janmastami marks the celebration of the birth of Bhagavan Sri Krishna.
Krishna's Birth Mathura was the capital of a kingdom in North India.
During the lavish wedding of Devki to Vasudev, Kansa heard a celestial voice announce,' O Kansa, Thy death is written at the hand of the eighth son born to this union.' Through the ensuing years the demon king put to death six children born to Devki in the dungeons of the Palace.
www.raftnepal.com /krishanajanmastami.htm   (481 words)

  
 Sri Krishna Jayanti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A Sri Jayanti anubhavam by Sri Murali Rangaswamy.
This is a poem of forty verses that is a veritable garland of the names of Sri Krishna.
Kulasekhara PerumaaL's poems to Krishna from the PerumaaL Tirumozhi.
www.ramanuja.org /new/krishna_jayanti.html   (220 words)

  
 Krishna Janmashtami
Kirtans are sung, bells are rung, the conch is blown, and Sanskrit hymns are recited in praise of Lord Krishna.
The Lotus Feet of Radha and Krishna are the chief objects of meditation.
Thus is recited the essence of the ancient Bhagavat Purana consisting of the nectarine stories of the deeds of Lord Krishna".
www.sivanandadlshq.org /religions/krishna_jan.htm   (1345 words)

  
 The Human Ideal
In Sri Krishna we find the national, the political, the social, the domestic, the individual, the universal and spiritual ideals which have been adored and worshipped in India and which may well pave the way to world-unity, if only they are properly understood and adopted in human life.
Sri Krishna was not merely a statesman struggling to know what is right and wrong or good and bad to a nation or acting according to his own whims and fancies or private conceptions of the right and good.
Krishna connected causes and effects and brought law and justice to play their proper part in life not through induction or deduction, through supposition, guessing, or imagination, through public vote, or individual influence, but through the intuition of the essential Reality of the universe.
www.sivanandadlshq.org /religions/krishnajay.htm   (998 words)

  
 Konkani fests
Deepavali is spread over 5 days starting with the 13th day of Krishna Paksha or second or dark fortnight of the month and is connected with many episodes from the Hindu holy books.
This is in commemoration of Lord Krishna along with Satyabhama killing a wicked Asura by name Narakasura on the eve of Diwali.
Krishna lifted up the Govardhan mountain and held it like an umbrella, under which people and animals took shelter from the relentless rain.
www.gsbkerala.com /konkfest.htm   (4825 words)

  
 .. kR^ishhNaashhTakaM (with kR^ishhNajanmaashhTamii info) ..   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
I adore Krishna, the Supreme Person, the Unborn Lord, the Self-effulgent One, the Supreme Lord of the descendents of Yadu, Whose nature is that of existence and consciousness, and Whose essence is entirely that of eternal bliss.
I worship the naughty Krishna, the sole ornament of Vraja, Who destroys all the sins (of His devotees), Who delights the minds of His devotees, the joy of Nanda, Whose head is adorned with peacock feathers, Who holds a sweet-sounding flute in His hand, and Who is the ocean of the art of love.
Krishna lies down on the bed that is the minds of the intelligent Gopis who always think of Him.
sanskrit.gde.to /all_sa/krishna8_sa.html   (942 words)

  
 Gokul Ashtami   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Krishna had sucked the poisoned milk from her breast as a result of that Krishna's originally fair skin turned dark.
Krishna participated in it and after defeating all the contestants, he challenged Kans to a wrestling bout.
This ceremony replicates Krishna's love for milk and butter.Every day after the men and women left for their farms, the naughty and adventurous Krishna along with a band of his mates would build a human pyramid and plunder the caskets of milk and butter.
www.mahalaxmidev.com /gokul.html   (1326 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Krishna Jayanti Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Krishna Jayanti, also known as Janmashtami, Gokulashtami and Sree Jayanti, is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna.
Krishna is said to have been born on the eighth day of the Rohini...
Krishna is said to have been born on the eighth day (ashtami) of the Rohini nakshatra.
www.ipedia.com /krishna_jayanti.html   (185 words)

  
 Krishna Jeyanthi > Festivals > EPrarthana.com
He was then given the name of Sri Krishna, and his story is recorded in the famous work of the Hindus known as Bhagavatam.
There is also a temple dedicated to Sri Krishna in Conjeevaram and it goes by the name Pandavadhoothar temple or the temple of Krishna who went as a messenger of the Pandavas.
The temple in Mannargudi in the Tanjore district is known as Rajagopalaswami temple and it is dedicated to the memory of Vishnu's incarnation as Sri Krishna.
www.eprarthana.com /festivals/fkrishnajay.asp   (730 words)

  
 Sri Krishna Jayanti - by Swami Adhyatmananda
This great Super man, who is the towering figure of the stupendous biographical narrative bequeathed to man by the equally great Sri Krishna-dvaipayana or Vyas, stands as a shining star at the apex of a triangle at the ends of whose base are the world and the individual.
In the life of Sri Krishna we have been given the ideal towards which life’s process is moving.
The life of Sri Krishna is a thrilling biography of a great example of the Divine Superman through whose personality one can have a peep into the structure of the whole universe i.e.
www.divyajivan.org /articles/adhyatma/krishna_jayanti.htm   (558 words)

  
 Calendar-Madhwas
Special discourses on the sacred epics are arranged in three places: (1) the platform in the Madhva-sarovara, (2) the room known as simhaasana in front of the seat known as the Madhva-piiTha and (3) in the candrashaalaa near the southern door of the shrine of Hanuman.
This is one of the nicest festivals held to worship Sri Krishna.
While Krishna is being rowed around the sarovara to the delight of His devotees, the festival icons from Ananteshwara and Chandreshwara are brought out by the priests.
www.salagram.net /Calendar-Madhwas.htm   (5891 words)

  
 Festivals of India - GOKULASHTAMI
The festival is called in different names as "Krishna Jayanti", "Janma Ashtami", "Krishnaashtami", "Gokul Ashtami", and as "Sri Jayanti".
Temples are decorated for the occasion, Kirtans are sung, bells are rung, the conch is blown, and Sanskrit hymns are recited in praise of Lord Krishna.
The festival is a community celebration, and people visit Krishna temples, which are specially decorated and lit for the occasion.
www.aryabhatt.com /fast_fair_festival/Festivals/Gokulashtami.htm   (1041 words)

  
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In Sri Krishna MaTha, the icon of Sri Krishna is decorated as a young child.
Sri Madhva was born in Paajaka Kshetra on the vijaya dashami day and a special puujaa is performed to the icon of Sri Madhva in the shrine of Sri Krishna and also to the icon of the Acharya at Anantheswara.
The fire to warm the water is lit by the Swamiji and the pot is heated during the night.
www.midcoast.com.au /~dasa/09-cal2.htm   (2514 words)

  
 Janmashtami Festival,Sri Krishna Jayanti,Krishna Janmashtami in Andhra Pradesh,India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Sri Krishna Jayanti is the birthday of Lord Krishna.
Krishna Janmashtami festival falls on the 8th day of the dark half of the month of 'Bhadrapada' (August-September) and is one of the greatest of all Hindu festivals.
People observe a daylong fast, which is broken only at midnight, the time when Krishna is believed to have been born.
www.indiantravelportal.com /andhra-pradesh/festivals/sri-krishna-jayanti.html   (1004 words)

  
 AUGUST 26: KRISHNA BIRTHDAY - 26 AGOSTO COMPLEANNO DI KRISHNA | TDG - Science, Magick, Myth and History
The astrologer have estimated that Krishna was born in the 3227 BC in Mathura.
Krishna born from a fl hair that Visnu pulled put from his head and placed it in Devaki’lap that the tyrant Kansa confined into a room of his palace, because Narada in his prophecy said that Devaki would have delivered his killer
Krishna nacque da un capello nero che Visnu staccò dalla sua testa e posò nel grembo di Devaki, che il tiranno Kansa imprigionò in una stanza del suo palazzo, poiché il saggio Narada profetizzò che Devaki avrebbe partorito il suo uccisore.
www.dailygrail.com /node/1845   (479 words)

  
 SMG Television Productions - Krishna Janamashtmi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In the south, little feet made of rice flour paste are drawn from the entrance of the house leading to various rooms, symbolizing the sacred entry of the Lord into the house.
More than 5,100 years ago, Krishna appeared in His original, transcendental form just to please His devotees, annihilate the miscreants, and reestablish the principles of religion.
Krishna is the infinite source of all living beings and we are His eternal infinitesimal parts and parcels.
www.smgtv.co.uk /krishnajanamashtmi.htm   (321 words)

  
 Hinduism
It is said that Krishna is both Govinda (herder of cows) and Gopala (protector of cows), and Shiva's attendant is Nandi, the bull.
Among the most popular are Vishnu (as Krishna or Rama), Shiva, Devi (the Mother as many female deities, such as Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kali and Durga), Ganesha, Skanda and Hanuman.
Worship of the said deities is often done through the aid of pictures or icons (murti) which are said not to be God themselves but conduits for the devotee's consciousness, markers for the human soul that signify the ineffable and illimitable nature of the love and grandeur of God.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/hinduism.html   (4673 words)

  
 Bhagavad Gita Jayanti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This is the annirversary day commemorating the day that Srimad Bhagavad Gita was spoken by Lord Sri Krishna to His dearmost devotee Arjuna at the place now known as Jyotisar Tirtha amid the waring families of the Kurus and the Pandavas at Kurukshetra.
Sri Krishna declares that He is revealing this most confidential knowledge to Arjuna because is not envious and He is a friend.
Krishna is offering some thing for every one according to their levels of advancement and inclination.
www.hknet.org.nz /parishad142.html   (2721 words)

  
 LookSmart - Krishna Jayanti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Krishna Jayanti - Also known as Gokulashtami or Janmashtami, this celebration commemorates the birth of the Hindu god Krishna.
East Indian tourism resource outlines the origins and significance of this religious celebration, which is also known as Krishna Jayanti.
Religious festival, also known as Krishna Jayanti, is spotlighted with explanatory text and devotional images.
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 Jayanti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Jayanti is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
THE GITA Jayanti, or the birthday of the Bhagavad Gita, is celebrated throughout India by all the admirers and lovers of this most sacred scripture on the eleventh day (Ekadashi) of the bright half of the month of Margaseersha (December-January), according to the Hindu almanac.
The feet of a divine one are considered especially precious as they represent the point of contact of the Divine and the physical, and are thus revered as the source of grace.
www.experiencefestival.com /jayanti   (778 words)

  
 GSBWorld Festivals(Krishna Janmashtami)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Gokulashtami Sri Krishna Jayanti marks the celebration of the birth of Bhagavan Sri Krishna.
The birthday of Krishna is celebrated on the eighth day of the dark half of Shravan.
The parabramhan as Sriman Narayana was manifested in Sri Krishna - the adorable son of Devaki and Vasudeva.
www.gsbworld.com /festivals/gokulashtami.html   (2371 words)

  
 Festivals of Nepal
The festival of "Gai Jatra" (the procession of cows) which is one of the most popular festivals, is generally celebrated in the Nepalese month of Bhadra (August-September).This festival has its roots in the belief that the god of death, Yamaraj, must be feared and hence worshipped.
Sri Krishna Janmastami marks the celebration of the birth of Lord Sri Krishna.
The six-meter tall chariot carries the images of Krishna and his consort Radha and is drawn by hordes of devotees.
www.nepalhomepage.com /society/festivals/festivals.html   (1805 words)

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