JANMASHTAMI

                   JANMASHTAMI 2018
ACCORDING  TO HINDU CALENDAR THE FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED ON KRISHN PAKSH ASHTAMI OF BHADRAPAD MONTH. IN THIS YEAR IT FALLS ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2018. THE OCCASION IS RELATED TO THE BIRTH OF SHRI KRISHNA WHO IS 
ALSO KNOWN AS PARAMAVTAR SHRI KRISHNA- THE GREAT INCARNATION

THE HINDU TALE ASSOCIATED TELL THAT ONCE IN THE DWAPAR ERA CRUEL AND EVIL KINGS LIKE KANSA RULED. GODDESS DHARTI ALONG WITH ALL THE DEMI GODS VISITED SHRI VISHNU AT VAIKUNTH. THEY WERE ASSURED BY HIM THAT HE WILL TAKE BIRTH AS DEVAKI'S 8TH SON. ON THE MARRIAGE OF KANSA'S SISTER DEVAKI DEVINE VOICE WARNED THAT DEVAKI'S 8TH CHILD WOULD BE KANSA'S KILLER. HE IMPRISONED DEVAKI AND VASUDEV AND KILLED THEIR  BABIES AND 7TH THE BALRAMA WAS SHIFTED TO ROHINI THE FIRST WIFE OF VASUDEVA AND ON THE AUSPICIOUS NIGHT OF ASHTAMI THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD TOOK THE BIRTH TO DISSIPATE THE EVIL FORCES . 
DEVOTEES ON THIS DAY KEEP FASTS, DECORATE TEMPLES AND SWING THE LITTLE BAL GOPAL. 
THIS IS WHAT ABOUT THIS FEST.
             HAPPY JANMASHTAMI TO ALL READERS 
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