Krishna Jayanthi or Krishna Janmashtami is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Krishna.It’s a most important & sacred day for Hindus.People pray to Lord Krishna on this day and seek his blessings for a happy and good life.Krishna Janmashtami is observed on Ashtami – the eighth day of Krishna Paksha month/Shravana month i.e between mid August & early September.This year it falls on August 25, 2016 - Thursday evening.It is celebrated all over India.In Tamil nadu,Kerala,Karnataka & North Indian temples,Gokulashtami is celebrated in a grand manner.Festivities begin before dawn and extend all day until midnight, the exact moment of the anniversary of Krishna’s appearance.Many people observe fasting on this day.But we don't have that practice.At home,we do the pooja only in the evening i.e after 6 pm.On those days,my MIL used to do the pooja around 11 pm at night.So its better to do the pooja anytime after 6 pm till midnight.Midnight is the exact time that Krishna appeared on this planet, so it is most auspicious and spiritually inspiring.Temples prepare at least one hundred and eight different food dishes on Janmashtami. At home,pooja is done by offering flowers,neivedyam recipes like Cheedai , murukku, laddu, appam , payasam/Kheer etc and performing Mangala aarti to Lord Krishna Idol or photo. If you are not able to prepare all these dishes,don’t worry - Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita, “If you offer Me with love a leaf, flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.” So offer whatever you can—it’s just your love and devotion that matters.
On this day the kids are dressed in lord krishna costume and feet impression is taken in a white ink towards the pooja room, resembling lord krishna has come to our home. This is my son krithik in below video doing that in cute manner. Please enjoy the video and subscribe to my youtube channel. Thanks
