india celebrating birthday of God Krishna

@tigeraunt (6326)
Philippines
August 21, 2011 10:42am CST
hello everyone, i learned that indians are observing and celebrating the birthday of God Krishna today. they call it Janmastami. am happy to learn hindu friends observe birthday of gods/goddesses. i guess, since there are many gods and goddessess, they observe many birthdays and then many celebrations.i heard too that some indians celebrate it with puja (pooja) and fasting. christians also celebrate birthday of Jesus Christ which is on December 25. we call it Christmas. it is the merriest celebration of the year. for filipinos, when there are birthdays, it is always a feast. we do pray for a while and then celebrate with food and drinks. how do you observe and celebrate birthdays of Gods? ann
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petersum
@petersum (4522)
• United States
21 Aug 11
I can't quite get used to the idea of gods having birthdays. That would mean they were born! So there must be mummy and daddy gods, and grandma and grandpa gods, and... No disrespect meant, and enjoy your celebrations!
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tigeraunt
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
21 Aug 11
hi peter, being in greece, i do not know what religion you have. but christians and hindus and muslims seems to have these kind of celebrations. i am not sure about buddhists and other religions. these gods do have family members, i guess. i can talk of Lord Jesus being born on earth through Papa Joseph and Mama Mary. thank you. have a nice day. ann
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kaplya
@kaplya (1578)
• India
22 Aug 11
Yes, it's not actually birthday of God but rather birthdays of forms(avatar) of God. And yes like Tigeraunt said they do have parent and relatives :)
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kaplya
@kaplya (1578)
• India
22 Aug 11
I celebrate this day by fasting till the supposed time of birth of Lord Krishna, that is midnight. We then break our fast by taking some fruits and home made sweets after worshiping etc.. After almost a day's fast one really feels purified in soul and body :) Thank you for starting a discussion about Janmashatami. :D
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tigeraunt
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hello kaplya, your avatar is very attractive. i got to stay looking at it for i think several minutes before i thought of my response. i am happy that there were so many indian friends who responded and also those who are not indians. i could count in my fingers the indian friends that i know personally and they were the ones who announces to me these festivities. thanks to them. and thank you for sharing your thoughts. have a nice day. ann
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kaplya
@kaplya (1578)
• India
23 Aug 11
Heheh good to know that you liked my avatar. Have a nice day too!
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Professor2010
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
21 Aug 11
Sweety Yes today is birthday of God Krishna, we are celebrating it, my wife and daughter in law observed fasting since morning, no water even, now at 8pm they did the pooja, an idol of God Krishna as a baby was kept on a brass cradle fitted on a swing We all prayed, as I said i prayed for you, your hubby and your granddaughter Thea. We have many gods, goddesses, in my family we observe birthday of Rama, Ganesha, Hanuman to mention some. Thanks for this discussion. Best of luck. Professor
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tigeraunt
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
21 Aug 11
hi professor, i am happy and i celebrate with you the observance of God Krishna's birthday. thank you so much for the prayers and the blessings. ann
bhabycatch013
@bhabycatch013 (9150)
• Philippines
23 Aug 11
hi tigeraunt, I received an invitation from the temple last week but I was not able to come because of my schedule I experienced to attend once this kind of celebration I can say it's fun and new experience for me The people there was really accommodating and nice happy mylotting
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tigeraunt
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
23 Aug 11
hi bhaby, that is really nice. here in our place, i dont know of any indian temples. it would have been nice to observe them too. have a great day. ann
ritzz07
@ritzz07 (788)
• India
21 Aug 11
hi tigeraunt yes i am very glad,actually i was waiting for this..........coz i do like to celebrate this festive at iscon temple. as i am a rajsthani brahmin i do like to spend this nite in isckon temple......i do like they way they clebrate entire night only dancing and singing bhajans.........and enchanting the mantra "HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE, HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE."
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tigeraunt
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
21 Aug 11
hello ritzz, i have heard of the mantra and i saw people in orange dresses dancing and singing to it. thank you for sharing. ann
Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
22 Aug 11
Oh yes today is LORD KRISHNA's birthday and we INDIANS celebrate it like a festival.Today we will fast whole day and will break it at 00:00 hrs after seeing moon as LORD KRISHNA was born at this time only.Yes we people have many festivals in INDIA for different reasons i like it because in every month we have the reason to feel happy.
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tigeraunt
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hello sjvg, i hope we all have beautiful reason all the time to celebrate and birthdays of the Gods are it. have a very nice day. ann