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Janmashtami

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Janmashtami

Hindu festival held in celebration of the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu. The festival falls on the eighth day of the dark half of the month Bhadrapada (August –September). The festival is marked with prayer, drama illustrating events in Krishna's life, and a day-long fast, broken at midnight, to commemorate the birth of Krishna. Homes and temples are beautifully decorated, and images of Krishna are bathed in a mixture of curds, milk, honey, and basil leaves.
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