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| Happy Lord Krishna Janmashtami |
First of all Jai Shri Krishna to all lord madhav ji
devotees. In North India Krishna
Janmashtami date is 10th August and in South India it is 9th
August. Yes, there is difference in dates of shri Krishna janamshtami in India.
We celebrates Shri Krishna Janamshtami in India on different dates why ? There is strong reason behind this. India is
a country of festival and believes.
Lord Krishna’s real
birth date is according to ancient Indian Puranas Lord Krishna ji was born in
Shravan maas(bhadrapada month) krishna paksh ashtami tithi in rohini nakshatra.
Lord Krishna was born in Mathura more
than 5 thousand years ago in Dwapar yug. Shri Krishna was the eight incarnation
of Lord Vishnu after bhagwan shri ram.
Do you know like
Lord Krishna birth dates there is difference in his devotees also. Lord Krishna
devotees comes from two major groups in India one is Vaishanava Sampradaya and
other is Smarta Sampradaya. In north India there is a majority of Vaishanava Sampradaya having most people from
ISKCON ( International Society for Krishna Consciousness) . People from ISKCON
follows this date on Lunar calculations in north india and according to Lunar calculations
Krishna Janmashtami come son 10th August. Devotees from Vaishanava
Sampradaya says Janmashtami to this
festival while people from Smarta Sampradaya says this is a Gokulashtmi.
And In South
India calendar based on Solar calculations & Smarta Sampradaya also follows
this solar calculations calendar. According to Solar calculation calendar Lord Krishna
birthday come son 9th August. This is the reason that Krishna
Janmashtami happened on two dates
Sri Krishna Janmashtami 2012 Dates in
India
- Sri Krishna Janmashtami in North India is on August 10.
- Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra - August 9
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