Hindus across the world will celebrate the auspicious occasion of Janamashtmi on Wednesday, September, 1st, 2010. Krishna appeared in a prison cell in the shroud as an innocent child to his parents Vasudeva and Devaki who were imprisoned by the tyrant king Kansa. Kansa killed many innocent lives and it was necessary for some supernatural force to descend upon earth to destroy his regime and restore a semblance of peace and order. It was Bhagwan Krishna who manifested as the eight incarnation of Lord Vishnu in the age of Dwapar to fulfill the promise – “For the protection of the virtuous, extermination of evil doers and for establishing Dharma on a firm footing, I am born from age to age”.

It was the eight day of the dark fortnight in the Hindu month of Bhado (August-September). Auspicious stars were conspicuous in the sky. It was a night of relentless thunderstorms. Lightening and thunder filled the atmosphere and every river overflowed its bank. At exactly midnight Lord Krishna appeared in all his Splendour bearing the Sankh-conch, Chakra-wheel, Gada-mace and Padma-lotus. Bewildered by this unbelievable spectacle the divine force requested that he be taken to the city of Gokul at the home of Nanda and Yashoda. Read more >>