Janmastmi is among the
most celebrated festival among Hindus across the world. We all know that Janmastmi
is on 17th August, but do we know the significance of it?
Let’s know the
significance of Janmastmi, it goes back in decades when Shree. Krishna was
born. Do you know why he had to take birth? Do you know why we Offer pooja to
Shree Krishna? All this questions amalgamate to interesting facts of Shree
Krishna.
So, let’s know about it
in detail, Shree Krishna, the 8th child of d incarnated in Mathura
in kan’s prison.
Lord Krishna was born to free the earth
from all kinds of evil and its sources. He was entitled to kill all the demons
on this earth. He was born on the eighth day of Krishna Paksha in the month of
Sravana
According to Hindu
mythology, he was exchanged with the baby girl child of Yashodha and Nand. This
was done to save him from the clutches of his maternal uncle Kansa who was determined
to kill the Lord at the time of his birth. Hence, Kansa had also imprisoned his
sister and brother-in-law. But eventually, Lord Krishna killed Kansa and saved
Mathura.
He was fond of flute,
the flute resembles freedom from all the evils, and here is the glimpse of that flute.
From then on, people
celebrate every year birthday of the Lord. It is said that when the God was
born, there was turmoil in the nature to symbolize the fury and turmoil in the
city of Mathura as well as in every heart. This also signifies that Divine
power had come on earth to relieve everyone. So, such is the significance of Janmashtami.
The God even spread the message of kinship and fraternity. He stressed ‘karma’.
He also advised Arjun during the battle of Mahabharata.