"Whatever belongs to you today, belonged to someone else yesterday; and it will belong to some one else tomorrow.Don’t be illusioned by maya. Maya is the root cause of all pain and misery." LORD KRISHNA
Happy Janmashtami 2018!
Janmashtami :- Krishna Janmashtami, also known simply as Janmashtami or Gokulashtami, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. Hindus celebrate Janmashtami by fasting, singing, praying together, preparing and sharing special food, night vigils and visiting Krishna or Vishnu temples.
The Dahi Handi (dahi: curd, handi: earthen pot) festival is popular in the Maharashtra state of India during Janmashtami, it is the celebration of Krishna’s birth and Dahi Handi is part of it. The event involves making a human pyramid and breaking an earthen pot filled with milk, curd, butter, fruits and water which is hung at a convenient height, thus imitating the actions of child Krishna.
The participants form a pyramid consisting usually below 9-tiers, and are given three attempts to break the earthen pot. Every year thousands of people and hundreds of govinda teams gather at Mumbai and Thane’s Dahi Handi events. As of 2011, the prize money for the events usually range between 1 lakh (US$1,500) – 12 lakh(US$17,000) depending on the organizers and its sponsors. Each year, the prizes and scale of the celebrations increase due to the participation of political parties and commercialisation. source: wikipedia
Thank you so much for the tag @NandKK . Happy Krishna Janmashtami as well. In Nepal it is popular throughout the country. Tomorrow I am going to visit ISKCON to enjoy the celebration. Since english version of Geeta is also available worldwide so I refer Geeta to anybody who wishes to know who the Krishna is.
Thank you so much @TorM for sharing these wonderful pictures. It is always feel good moment to know about our festival and culture being celebrated outside of the country.
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