"Happy Janmashtami"

[dJoshi]

Dear All Forum Members,

Wish you all


HAPPY JANMASHTAMI


Dedicated to Mohanji and Md Radha ,

Love and Light,

Deepesh

[mohan]

Dear Deepesh,
Thanks.
Wish you too very happy Janmashtami.

Dear Members,
"Gokulashtami" or "Krishna Jayanti" or "Janmashtami" marks the celebration of the birth of Sri Krishna.

Celebrations are held over two days. The first day is Krishnashtami or Gokulashtami. The second day is called Kalastami or more popularly Janmashtami.

On this auspicious day of Janmashtami the idol of infant Krishna is bathed at midnight and is placed in a cradle. It is then adorned with flowers, jewelry and a small "mukut" or crown. It is then placed in a cradle. Everyone swings the cradle to the tune of bhajan's or songs of praise.

The atmosphere is filled with joy and exultation as everyone rejoices the birth of Vishnu's incarnation who has been born to give security to the suffering humanity. Then "Naivedya" is offered to god and then distributed to all. This Naivedya or prasaad is a of a mixture of puffed rice, milk, curds and sugar. In addition, plenty of milk products especially butter, which was Sri Krishna's favorite childhood food, are given as offerings. A wide variety of fruits are also offered to god.

Dahihandi

This most popular ceremony of Dahi-handi takes place on the second day of celebrations. The celebration of Krishna's birth is also known as "Dahihandi". An earthen pot or "matka" or "handi" filled with curds, milk, curds, butter, honey, fruits and "jvari" is tied from a high rope about 20 to 40 feet high. The rope also has prize money tied to it. This prize money is distributed among those who participate in the building the pyramid. It is a spectacular sight to see.

Mumbai's Dahihandi is much famous. Brother Stephen may write about it.

[dJoshi]

Dear Mohanji, Stephenji, Rahulji and THC family


HAPPY KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI




Love and Regards,

Deepesh

[mohan]

Thanks Deepesh,
Wish you and all a very happy Janmashtami.
Thanks for lovely image too.

[pradeep_shaktawat]

"जय श्री कृष्ण"
Happy Janmashtmi to All THC Family Members

[hotice_steve]

Dear Gopis & Gopikas,

• कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी की हार्दिक शुभकामनाये.

Best wishes for Janmasthami.

As usual the best place to celebrate all festivals is Mumbai.
Sometime the human pyramid can go upto 12 tiers.
The pyramid at Borivali IC Colony where I live was 7 tiers & price money was 1.2 lakhs

The Dahi-Handi ceremony actually reenacts the childhood pranks of Lord Krishna, who had a special affinity towards milk and butter. The lord along with his friends used to steal milk and butter from the houses in their village. Usually food items would be hung from the roof beams to keep them out of reach. The Lord along with his friends used to form a human pyramid and reach the food items and steal them. Nowadays they put Cash Money in the pot too.




Thanks Deepesh, Pradeep & Mohan
This festival must be Mohan's favorite I suppose.
Blessings.

[mohan]

This festival must be Mohan's favorite I suppose.

Yes, You are right.

[chandresh_kumar]

Belated Many Happy Festival of Janmashtmi to all the Members of THC. Apologize, I went to New Delhi for some unavoidable and time consuming tasks.

Regards

[pradeep_shaktawat]

Happy Janmashtmi to All THC Members

समस्त सदस्यों को जन्माष्टमी की हार्दिक शुभकामनाये

[dJoshi]

Thanks Pradeepji,

Wishing Happy Janmashtmi to all THC members.


Regards,

Deepesh Joshi

[chandresh_kumar]

Best Wishes for Janmashtmi

"Bhaje vrajaika mandanam, samastha papa khandanam,
Swabhaktha chitha ranjanam, sadaiva nanda nandanam,
Supincha gucha masthakam, sunada venu hasthakam,
Ananga raga sagaram, Namami Krishna sagaram."

Meaning of above

I pray Him, who is the ornament to the land of Vraja,
Who cuts off entire sins,
Who pleases the mind of his devotees,
And who is the godly son of Nanda Gopa.
Salutations to the sea like Lord Krishna,
Who decorates his head with peacock feathers,
Who has the sweet sounding flute in his hand,
And who is the music of the ocean of love.

[hotice_steve]

[loveangels]

Gee! I didn't know we had this in common. I find them amazing, but I hate to watch them. I honestly get sick watching them, I'm in an awful distress just thinking that the tower might come down.

This is tipical here in Catalonia, specially around my area.