janmastami

yes. we celebrate munithraya Srijayanthi and it falls on 11th of September

Bodhisatya, janmAshTami is celebrated on the eighth day after Rakshabandhan PurNimaA(RBP), which also happens to be the upAkarma day. This is the so called smArta tradition. But down South there is a sect of vaiShNavaites called Iyengars, who go by the days of the Lord's birthday as given by their Acharyas. This date is fixed according to an Agama(Tradition) called [B]pA~ncharAtra.[/B] There is one more popular temple worship tradition called the [B]vaikhanasa.[B]There is one more called [B]munitraya[/B]. Thus the dates as fixed by these traditions take into account the period of [B]nakShatra=tArA[/B] presence as more important than the presence of aShTamI. Since in the Eighth day from RBP did not qualify for the presence of RohiNI, the vaiShNavaite janmAShTami has move as far as one month this time round. Generally it would be one or two days around the RBP-related aShTamI. And look at the very name given to janmAShTamI. It is called shrIjayantI. Thus within the minority of shrIvaiShNavites as they are called there are three sub-traditions: vaikhAnasa, pA~ncharAtra, and munitraya. Od which vathsala says she is celebrating the munitraya on the 11th Sept.

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We too prepare both those seedai, thattai and murukku too besides susiyan, a sweet made from rice and plain flour batter dipped in jaggery and fresh coconut preparation, All the above things we also do besides drawing krishna's foot prints with rice paste from the gate of our house to the pooja room and our main door will be decorated with fresh mango leaves

Don't you put Krishna's foot prints in front of your threshhold?