{"id":17790,"date":"2016-08-24T11:56:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T06:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=17787&amp;preview_id=17787"},"modified":"2016-08-24T11:56:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T06:26:35","slug":"krishna-janmashtami-2016-mathura-gears-up-for-colourful-celebration-of-lord-krishnas-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=17790","title":{"rendered":"Krishna Janmashtami 2016: Mathura gears up for colourful celebration of Lord Krishna&#8217;s birthday &#8211; India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Mathura, Aug 24:\u00a0<\/strong>Krishna Janmashtami\u00a0also known as\u00a0Gokulashtami\u00a0marks the birthday celebration of Lord Krishna. Lakhs of devotees have arrived in\u00a0Mathura, considered to be the birthplace of Krishna, on the occasion of Janmashtami. Mathura is gearing up for yet another colourful celebration of Krishna Janmashtami.\u00a0According to the Hindu calendar, Janmashtami is celebrated on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in Bhadrapad month or on\u00a0<em>ashtami<\/em>\u00a0of\u00a0<em>Krishnapaksha<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This year Janmashtami falls on Thursday, August 25.\u00a0The Janmashtami is celebrated across India with great enthusiasm.\u00a0Special arrangements have been made for devotees in Mathura. Mathura has historical and religious importance in Hinduism.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hindu religion,\u00a0Mathura is one of the sites that grant moksha or salvation to the pilgrims visiting it. On the birthday occasion of Lord Krishna,\u00a0religious plays called\u00a0<em>Ras Leela <\/em>will be shown. The main theme of the play is about Krishna\u2019s love for Radha, however it also showcases dramatic enactment of events from Krishna\u2019s life.\u00a0In Mathura, all temples are being decorated ahead of the Krishna Janmashtami. Workers from Mathura, Banaras and Rajasthan are working day and night to make temples as beautiful as they can. The Kamal Kunj Bangla is especially decorated ahead of the Janmashtami. A Kamal Kunj Bangla is being built with 20 kilogram silver. The wall of the structure is being pained with the colourful images depicting life events of Lord Krishna.<\/p>\n<p>On Krishna Janmashtami, devotees also celebrate\u00a0<em>Dahi Handi<\/em>\u00a0festival which celebrates God\u2019s playful side wherein they used to break the pot of curd which was kept at the height. Children dress up\u00a0as Lord Krishna gestures ahead of Janmashtami celebrations.\u00a0Krishna Janmashtami festival is followed by the festival Nandotsav, which is the occasion when Nanda Baba distributed gifts to the community in honour of the birth. The saints and priests will begin <em>puja <\/em>(prayers) from 6:00 pm onwards on August 24. A lot of events related to Janmashtami will be held entire night and in the wee hours of the August 25, a special <em>puja <\/em>will be held to celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna on Janmashtami.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mathura, Aug 24:\u00a0Krishna Janmashtami\u00a0also known as\u00a0Gokulashtami\u00a0marks the birthday celebration of Lord Krishna. Lakhs of devotees have arrived in\u00a0Mathura, considered to be the birthplace of Krishna, on the occasion of Janmashtami. Mathura is gearing up for yet another colourful celebration of Krishna Janmashtami.\u00a0According to the Hindu calendar, Janmashtami is celebrated on the eighth day of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1159],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}