KATHMANDU, AUG 28 - Hindu people all over the country have been observing Krishna Janmashtami on Wednesday.President Ram Baran Yadav in his capacity as the ceremonial head of state visited Krishna Mandir in Patan, Lalitpur to pay homage to the idol of lord Krishna today.
The day is celebrated to mark the birth of Lord Sri Krishna, an incarnation of the Hindu deity Vishnu. Krishna was believed to have taken birth on the eighth lunar day (Ashtami) of the waning moon in the Nepali month of Bhadra in a jail, where his maternal uncle Kansa had held his parents captive.
Devotees solemnise the festival with lots of joy and enthusiasm and throng to the temples of Lord Krishna.ekantipur.com
The day is celebrated to mark the birth of Lord Sri Krishna, an incarnation of the Hindu deity Vishnu. Krishna was believed to have taken birth on the eighth lunar day (Ashtami) of the waning moon in the Nepali month of Bhadra in a jail, where his maternal uncle Kansa had held his parents captive.
Devotees solemnise the festival with lots of joy and enthusiasm and throng to the temples of Lord Krishna.ekantipur.com
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