Krishna Janmashtmi
As per Hindu calendar we celebrate this day on Bhadrapada month or Ashtami, this year on 6th-7th September. Janmashtami, also known as Gokul Ashtami, is a major Hindu festival in India. On this day we celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna, who happened to be the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the supreme God of the Hindus. Lord Krishna was born in the Yadava clan of Mathura to Queen Devaki and King Vasudeva in Mathura in the prison. Krishna is the god of love, tenderness and compassion. Hindu mythology portrays him as a prankster, a gentle lover, a universal supreme being and child-like God. Devaki had a brother, Kansa, who along with some other demon kings was terrorizing Earth. Kansa had usurped the throne of Mathura from his father, the benevolent King Agrasen. Mother Earth took the form of a cow and went to Lord Brahma, the creator God of Hinduism, with her plight. Lord Brahma then summoned Lord Vishnu, who assured Mother Earth that he would take birth as Lord ...