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    Krishna Janmashtami is the celebration of the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. It falls on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadra. According to the story, Krishna was born to Devaki and Vasudeva in prison, as it was predicted he would kill the wicked king Kansa. Vasudeva managed to save the newborn Krishna by exchanging him with a female child. Krishna then lived in hiding in Gokul until he later killed Kansa as foretold.

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    Krishna Janmashtami is the celebration of the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. It falls on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadra. According to the story, Krishna was born to Devaki and Vasudeva in prison, as it was predicted he would kill the wicked king Kansa. Vasudeva managed to save the newborn Krishna by exchanging him with a female child. Krishna then lived in hiding in Gokul until he later killed Kansa as foretold.

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    Krishna Janmashtami is the celebration of the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. It falls on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadra. According to the story, Krishna was born to Devaki and Vasudeva in prison, as it was predicted he would kill the wicked king Kansa. Vasudeva managed to save the newborn Krishna by exchanging him with a female child. Krishna then lived in hiding in Gokul until he later killed Kansa as foretold.

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    Happy KrishnaJanmashtami! What is Krishna Janmashtami? Krishna Janmashtami is Lord Krishna's Birth day.

    It is also known as Krishnashta mi, Saatam Aatham, Gokulashtami, Ashtami Rohini, Srikrishna Jayanti, Sree Jayant i or sometimes merely as Janmashtami, is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu. Lord Krishna is the eight son of Devaki and Vasudeva. Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the Ashtami tithi, the eighth day of the dark half or Krishna Paksha of the month of Bhadra in the Hindu calen dar, when the Rohini Nakshatra is ascendant. History of Krishna Janmashtami Mathura was led by Kansa a wicked king. He had a sister Devaki, who was married to Vasudeva. It was predicted that Sri Krishna would be born to Devaki and would kill the wicked king Kansa. This enraged Kansa and he had all the male child of Devaki killed, after imprisoning Devaki and Vasudeva. But since the eight avata r of Lord Vishnu was bound to kill Kansa, Sri Krishna was born in midnight. All the other children born to Devaki, except Krishna were killed. Vasudeva managed to save the child from the cruel clutches of Kansa and he excha nged child Sri Krishna with female child of Yashoda. Krishna lived in Gokul duri ng his infancy till the age of eleven years to hide himself from the clutches of his maternal uncle, Kansa. Finally, Sri Krishna kills Kansa. Jai Shri Krishna!

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