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Festivals of Nepal

Krishana Janmashtamee

The day Krishna Janmashtamee is said to be the day when Lord Krishna born. Therefore the day is celebrated to pay homage to him. Krishna is also one of the most famous Gods in the religion of Hinduism. In this very day people worship by going to the temple of Krishna. Mainly in Patan at Krishna Mandir. There people comes from around the valley. Some even get to the line from midnight to just worship in the temple. They also celebrate the day by singing songs of Krishna, throughout the the whole night. Krishna is believed to have been born at Mathura, the sacred city on the Yamuna river, east of Delhi.

He was brought up in a family of cattle herdsmen, to protect him against being murdered by his parent's arch-enemy, the cruel King Kansa. The latter's scheme was to put him in the arms of a wet-nurse whose milk contained a deadly poison. Baby Krishna not only remained unharmed, but "sucked" all the milk and poison out of the nurse's breasts thus causing her to die ! This episode explains why Krishna is mostly - though not always - represented with a dark blue, even black face: the effect of the poison he had absorbed.

While a young man, Krishna loved to roam around and frolic among the "Gopi" (cow-herd girls and shepherdesses) His adventures as a kind of "Don Juan" are as numerous as the tales about his courage and gallantry as a warrior during the famous battle reported in the "Mahabharata" where, on the side of the five Pandava brothers, he acted as the conductor of Arjuna's chariot.

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