Krishna jayanthi celebrated with great pomp in South India!!!
The day is devoted to Lord krishna since Ashtami Rohini, also known as sri krishna jayanthi, is a celebration honoring the deity's avatar. Other names for Ashtami rohini include Gokulashtami, Janmashtami, krishna Jayanti, Nandotsav, and so on. While Janmashtami is celebrated on august 26, 2024 monday in North India, sri krishna jayanthi is celebrated on august 26 in the states of kerala, tamil Nadu, and andhra pradesh in South India.
When is the celebration of Ashtami Rohini?
As the name implies, Ashtami rohini is observed on the Ashtami Tithi of krishna Paksha in the Hindu months of Bhadrapada (Amantha) or Shravan (Purnimantha) when rohini nakshatra is in effect. According to the malayalam calendar, the Ashtami-Rohini combo in the month of Chingam is celebrated in kerala as sri krishna Jayanthi.
The significance of Janmashtami, or Krishna
Hindu texts state that on Ashtami Tithi, or the eighth day of Bhadrapada's dark fortnight, sri krishna was born in mathura to Devaki and Vasudeva. Devaki's brother was Kansa, the Mathuran demon king. According to a prophecy, Kansa's misdeeds would cause the eighth son of Devaki to kill him. Thus, Kansa imprisoned both his own sister and her husband.
As soon as the children were born, he tried to assassinate Devaki in order to stop the prophecy from happening. Once Devaki gave birth to her ninth child, magic threw the entire palace into a profound sleep. By putting the baby inside Yashodha and Nanda's house in Vrindavan throughout the night, Vasudeva was able to shield him from Kansa's fury. This baby was the embodiment of Lord Vishnu, who thereafter assumed the name sri krishna and put an end to Kansa's terror campaign by killing him.
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S Venkateshwari

24/08/2024 08:28 PM