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All about Lord Shri Krishna ~

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Krishna (,Sanskrit pronunciation: ; : कृष्ण, : Kṛṣṇa) is a major in . He is worshipped as the eighth of and also as the in his own right. He is the god of compassion, tenderness, love and is one of the most popular and widely revered among Indian divinities. Krishna's birthday is celebrated every year by Hindus on according to the , which falls in late August or early September of the .

Krishna Janmashtami, also known simply as Janmashtami or Gokulashtami, is an annual festival that celebrates the birth of , the eighth of . It is observed according to the , on the eighth day () of the (dark fortnight) in or (depending on whether the calendar chooses the new moon or full moon day as the last day of the month), which overlaps with August or September of the . It is an important festival, particularly in the tradition of Hinduism. Dance-drama enactments of the life of Krishna according to the (such as or Krishna Lila), devotional singing through the midnight when Krishna was born, fasting (upavasa), a night vigil (Ratri Jagaran), and a festival (Mahotsav) on the following day are a part of the Janmashtami celebrations. It is celebrated particularly in and , along with major Vaishnava and non-sectarian communities found in Manipur, Assam, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and all other states of India.

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