Krishna Janamashtami is the festival celebrated in Hinduism as Lord Krishna’s birthday. The day is celebrated with love,joy and devotion. Krishna ji was a makhan chor and loves sweet butter, people offer him with different types of bhogs and majorly the butter.
Lord Krishna, the eighth avtar of Lord Vishnu (the preserver) born in the era of Dwaparyug is the worshipped deity of Hinduism. He is worshipped as an icon of love, dharma, joy, righteousness,and friendship. Lord Krishna has a peacock feather on his head which holds a great history behind kanha’s existence.
Its history evolves around the era of Tretayug and the existence of Lord Rama. Once Maa Sita was thirsty during banwaas, there was no nearby way known to them which could lead them to water to quench Maa sita’s thirst.Then, there arrives a peacock who was a devotee of Lord Rama and asked to follow its feathers and started flying by losing feathers one by one.
He led Lord Rama to water, when a peacock loses its feather against its will and the season, he dies. As soon as they reached the water site, the peacock died saying it was his pleasure to quench the thirst of Maa Sita.
At this point, Lord Rama told the peacock that he will for sure return his love by carrying the peacock feather on his head in the next era. Therefore, Lord Rama in Tretayug was the Lord Krishna in Dwaparyug and both were the supreme Gods of Vishnu Tatv.
Sri Krishna Janamashtami and the History of 56 Bhogs
Krishna Janamashtami is the festival celebrated in Hinduism as Lord Krishna’s birthday. The day is celebrated with love,joy and devotion. Krishna ji was a makhan chor and loves sweet butter, people offer him with different types of bhogs and majorly the butter.
There is a ritual which is chappan bhog which means offering 56 different types of bhogs to Lord Krishna. The history of 56 bhogs revolves around the time when Kanha ji lifted up Govardhan for straight 7 days when it was raining heavily in Mathura.
The Lord had no food and water for all those days to give a shed to the villagers. He used to have eight meals a day. After the rain stopped, he lifted the Govardhan down. Maa Yashodha then offered him food of eight days altogether which makes it 56 food items. As 8 meals a day for seven days makes 56 meals and from then this ritual is being followed up.
Dahi Handi: Another famous Ritual of the day
Krishna Janmashtami is a joyous day which starts off with breaking Dahi Handi. It is the ritual which is performed with a lot of fun and enthusiasm. In this ritual, the handi is placed at a height and a group of people make a tower-like structure to burst the handi with the coconut.
Its significance stands that when Kanha ji was a kid, he used to climb the walls or the chairs to steal the makhan from handis hanging on the ceilings.
