Since several cultures, traditions, religions, and ethnicities co-exist in India, the country observes several festivals around the year,
Janmashtami being one of them. Also known as Gokulashtami, it is s an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. According to the Hindu lunisolar calendar, it is observed on the eighth tithi (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in Bhadrapada Masa. This overlaps with August or September of the Gregorian calendar.
Hindus celebrate Janmashtami by fasting, singing, praying together, preparing and sharing special food, night vigils, and visiting Krishna or Vishnu temples. Major Krishna temples organize recitation of Bhagavata Purana and Bhagavad Gita. Many northern Indian communities organize dance-drama events called Rasa Lila or Krishna Lila. The tradition of Rasa Lila is particularly popular in the Mathura region, in northeastern states of India such as Manipur and Assam, and in parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat. It is acted out by numerous teams of amateur artists, cheered on by their local communities, and these drama-dance plays begin a few days before each Janmashtami. People decorate their houses with flowers and light. On this day, People chant "Hare Krishna hare Krishna, Krishna- Krishna Hare Hare". These mantras are not mentioned in the holy Gita. Only the "OM" mantra is mentioned in the holy Srimad Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Verse 1. The Janmashtami celebration is followed by Dahi Handi in the north, which is celebrated the next day.
Here are some wishes, messages, quotes, images, Facebook & Whatsapp status to share with your friends and family on the occasion of Janmashtami 2025.
1. May Krishna ji always bless you with happiness, love, and peace. Happy Janmashtami to you and your family!
2. Leave all your worries to Lord Krishna on this day and he will take care of you. Happy Janmashtami!
3. This Janmashtami, let's celebrate the birth of Kanha Ji with lots of joy and happiness. Wishing you and your family a very happy Janmashtami on this auspicious day!
4. May your life be filled with love, happiness, laughter, and Krishna’s blessings. Happy Janmashtami!
5. This Janmashtami, I wish Krishna’s blissful tunes fill your life with bliss and joy. Happy Janmashtami!
6. May Krishna fill your home and heart with love, joy, good health, and happiness. Happy Janmashtami!
7. It was on this auspicious day that Lord Krishna was born to fight against inhumanity and save humankind. Let us reinforce our faith in God today. Happy Janamashtami!
8. Jai Shri Krishna! Have a happy Janmashtami. I pray to Krishna today to take away all your problems and worries. Radhe Radhe!
9. May Krishna's blessings bring you good fortune, health and happiness! Jai Shri Krishna!
10. Remember Lord Krishna's lessons which he taught in the Gita and always follow the path of dharma. Happy Janmashtami!
11. May Lord Krishna shower its most cheerful blessing on all and give strength to everyone facing difficulties in their lives. Happy Krishna Janmashtami!
12. May this Janmashtami bring happiness in your life. Hatred is far apart from your life. Enjoy the festival with love in your heart and good wishes for others. Jai Shri Krishna!
13. May this Janmashtami Lord Krishna steal all your tensions and worries. And give you all the love, joy, peace and happiness. Happy Janmashtami!
14. Let's celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna by:
Re-creating Rasa Lila, the flirtatious aspects of Krishna's youthful days; Celebrate Lord Krishna's playful and mischievous side by enacting Dahi Handi!
Have a blessed Krishna Janmashtami!
15. If things are happening according to your wish, then you are lucky but if things not happening according to you then it is Krishna's wish. Happy Janmashtami!
Janmashtami: Quotes from Bhagavad Gita1. Whatever happened, happened for the good. Whatever is happening, is happening for the good. Whatever will happen, will also happen for the good.
2. Change is the law of the universe. You can be a millionaire or a pauper in an instant.
3. You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work.
4. The soul is neither born nor does it die.
5. Three gates to this self-destructive hell: Lust, anger, and greed. Renounce these three.
6. When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.
7. We’re kept from our goal not by obstacles, but by a clear path to a lesser goal.
8. Set your heart upon your work but never its reward.
9. When a person responds to the joys and sorrows of others as if they were his own, he has attained the highest state of spiritual union.
10. Calmness, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and purity: these are the disciplines of the mind.
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