Tag: Janmashtami Celebration

Every year during Janmanshtami festival, people choose to celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna with much pomp and show. But with Covid restrictions in place this year, devotees in many places would be deprived of partaking in traditional activities such as 'Dahi Handi' ceremony and 'kirtans'.

India is a country of diverse cultures, languages, religions and ideas. Janmashtami, the day Lord Krishna was born, is one of the many festivals celebrated in the country with much pomp and fervor. Krishna Janmashtami or Gokulashtami falls on the eighth day of the Krishna Paksha in the month of Bhadrapada.

Bhubaneswar: With COVID-19 restrictions in force, Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna is being marked without participation of devotees across the shrines in Odisha. Instead of usual cheer, major temples in the State are wearing deserted look as devotees have been asked to refrain from publicly participating in view of the pandemic. However, special rituals […]