Janmashtami क्यों मनाई जाती है | Why Janmashtami is celebrated

 Janmashtami क्यों मनाई जाती है | Why Janmashtami is celebrated

Janmashtami क्यों मनाई जाती है

Why is Shri Krishna Janmashtami celebrated This festival is considered to be the most important according to Hindu beliefs because on this day Lord Vishnu was born on earth in the form of Krishna. According to the Hindu calendar, the festival of Janmashtami is celebrated on the eighth day of the Krishna Paksha i.e. during the receding phase of the moon and on the 8th day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadrapada.

What is the significance of Janmashtami

Lord Krishna was born in Mathura at midnight on the eighth day of Krishna Paksha in the month of Bhadrapad to destroy the tyranny. So Lord Himself incarnated on earth on this day, so Krishna celebrates this day as Janmashtami. Floats are decorated in temples on this day and Lord Krishna is hammered.

Who was the creator of Krishna?

Krishna was born in the jail of Mathura. He was the 8th child of mother Devaki and father Vasudeva. According to the description of Shrimad Bhagwat, Bhojvanshi king Ugrasen used to rule in Mathura in Dwapar Yuga. He had a tyrannical son Kansa and he had a sister Devaki.

Krishna Janmashtami (Krishna Janmashtami celebrated 2021) is the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna who was the eighth incarnation of Vishnu. Janmashtami is celebrated not only in India but also Indians settled abroad with full faith and gaiety. Shri Krishna took his incarnation in Mathura to destroy the tyrannical Kansa at midnight on the Ashtami of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month. That is why Lord himself had incarnated on earth on this day, hence this day is celebrated as Krishna Janmashtami. That is why on the occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami, the city of Mathura gets drenched with the colors of devotion. Mathura becomes Krishnamaya on Krishna's birth anniversary. The temples are specially decorated. Men and women observe fast on Janmashtami. In such a situation, today we are going to tell you on which day Krishna Janmashtami will be celebrated in the year 2021.