ON THE auspicious occasion of Janmashtami, devotees are celebrating the festival of Lord Krishna’s birth anniversary, with pomp, fanfare and fervour across the country. Devotees offered prayers to Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura, and observed the Mangala aarti on Thursday morning. ISKCON temple witnessed colorful celebrations in Noida, as the idols of Radha Krishna were decorated with flower petal and leaves, and people flocked to have a glimpse of the morning aarti.

 

Priests performed the Tulsi aarti in ISKCON temple in Delhi. Meanwhile, Badrinath temple in Uttarakhand was decked up with lights in extravagant colours, and devotees gathered to offer prayers. In Dehradun, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and his wife Geeta Dhami participated in an event organised on the occasion, at the Police Line.

Devotees of Lord Krishna were seen dancing to the tunes of Bhajans at the ISKCON temple in Kolkata to celebrate the significant day.