Gokulashtami

Gokulashtami or Krishnajayanti is the day celebrated by Vainavas or Vaishnavas (followers of Lord Vishnu) as the birth day of Sri Krishna, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu who played the major role in Mahabaratha. This day falls on Rohini nakshatra in Sravan month in ashtami thithi. This year it falls on September 1 while in Northern parts of India some celebrate on September 2.

On this day, puja starts by putting legs ( waves made using rice flour ) from home entrance to puja room and favourite sweets of krishna - Burfi, beeda, His favourite butter, snacks - seedai ( the one which is too hard to crush with teeth) all are homemade and offered a prayer. The snack seedai is made as Kamsha - the rival of Lord Krishna gnashed his teeth when he heard the birth news of Sri Krishna. Also naval pazham or Black plum (Jambolan) is also offered during prayer as Lord krishna offered all wealth to an old lady who was selling black plum offered Sri krishna all her fruits.

It is believed that Sri krishna visits to everyone's house despite of richness when one called him from heart. And on this auspicious day chanting the below slogan relieves everyone from evils, illness, poverty and be blessed with all enlightenment that is necessary for this worldly life. He is the Jagathguru who presented Bagavat Gita to us - the way to lead life, the meaning of life...

Chant this sloka and admit yourself at His paduka to be freed from all miseries and lead a righteous moral life.

vasudevasutham devam

kamsasaanoora marthanam |

devaki paramaanandam

krishnam vande jagathgurum ||

athaseepushpa sangaasam haaranoopura sopitham |

rathna kangana keyooram krishnamvande jagathgurum ||

gudilaalaga samyuktham poornachandra nibaananam |

vilaasa kundalatharam krishnam vande jagathgurum ||

manthara kandha samyuktham saaruhaasam chathurpujam |

parhipignjava soodaangam krishnam vanthe jagathgurum ||

uthpulla padmapathraksham neela jeemuthasannibam |

yaathavaanaam sirorathnam krishnamvanthe jagathgurum ||

rukmani keli samyuktham peethambara sobitham |

avaptha tulsikantham krishnamvande jagathgurum ||

gopiganaam kusathvanthva kunkumaangitha vakshasaam |

sreeniketham maheshvaasam krishnam vande hjagathgurum ||

sree vathsaangam mahorasgam vanamaala viraajitham |

sanga chakram devam krishnam vande jagathgurum ||

krishnaashlagamitham punyam

praatharuththaaya ya padeth |

kodijanmakirutham papam smaranena vinasyathi ||

Sri Krishna in pictures

Here I have tried to picturise the story of Lord Sri krishna in pictures collected from web.

Birth of sri Krishna

It is said that Krishna as soon as being born to Vasudev and devaki in prison spoke out to parents immediately of addressing Who He is and why he was born. He was then taken away from prison by his father to Gokulam in a basket. While he crossed the river aathisesha came behind them for protection from heavy rain.

Krishna with Yasoda

Krishna in his childhood

Krishna declaring the great Mhabaratha war against Gouravas

Sri Krishna the paramathma reciting Bagavath Gita to Arjuna

Gist of Bagavath Gita 

Whatever has happened is for good

whatever is happening is going on well

whatever will happen that will also be good

Why you are repenting for whatever you have lost?

Have you brought anything with you which you have lost?

Have you produced any thing that is destroyed?

Whatever you have gained, you obtained from here

whatever you gave you have given here

Whatever belongs to you today yesterday belonged to some one

it may belong to someone day after “change is the rule of nature”

~Lord krishna~