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Krishna Janmashtami 2021: From mid-night, temples thronged with devotees including Khajrana Ganesh, Gopal Mandir, Radha Krishna temple, and other temples in the city. At 12 o'clock in the afternoon, crowd was almost out of control in most temples especially Khajrana temple.

From mid-night, temples thronged with devotees including Khajrana Ganesh, Gopal Mandir, Radha Krishna temple, and other temples in the city. At 12 o'clock in the afternoon, crowd was almost out of control in most temples especially Khajrana temple.

Taking a quick action to prevent any possible spread of coronavirus, Health Department team asked every person to be tested for covid-19 before entering the temple. Further, other protocols of mask, social distancing, sanitization and others were strictly followed.

Following the example of Khajrana, other temples were instructed to do the same.

“Lord Krishna was born in Rohini Nakshatra. This year Rohini Nakshatra started from 6.38 pm on Monday and will remain till 9.43 am on Tuesday,” priest Vijay Trivedi said.

Hence, Krishna Janmashtami was celebrated on Monday and will be celebrated on Tuesday as well.

There were discourses from Sadhvi Paramananda Saraswati from early morning at Geeta Bhawan, Manoramaganj.

Gopaldas Mittal, president of Geeta Bhavan Trust, said, “This year, we decorated Krishna temple with flowers, balloons and electric lights.” Further, the lord was placed on a swing for the Jhula festival.

Panchamrit bath and Abhishek was organised in Gopal Mandir, Rajwada. The entire temple was filled with devotees to attend this special event.

At Hansdas Math, the lord was adorned with five kilograms of silver. Lord Krishna’s swing was decorated with flowers.

In Banke Bihari temple, Panjiri Prasad was distributed.

Abhishek was organised at Yashoda Mata temple early in the morning. Further, celebrations continued till late afternoon. Mahaprasad was distributed by performing Maha Aarti in the night.

Bhajan-Kirtan were organised at Radha-Krishna Temple, Aada Bazar at 3 pm. From 10 pm on Monday to 12 am on Tuesday, people recited and sang the story of the birth of Lord Krishna.

Aarti and Bhajan started at 7 am in ISKCON temple Nipaniya and Maha Aarti was organised at 12 pm. On August 31, the 125th birth anniversary festival of Prabhupada will be celebrated at ISKCON.

On the other hand, Krishna Janmotsav will be celebrated in Shri Lakshmi Venkatesh Devasthan Chhatribagh on Tuesday.

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