Janmashtami Celebration 2024

Janmashtami is a festival that celebrates the birthday of Lord Shree Krishna, who is lovingly called by different names like Baal Krishna, Krishna Kanhaiya, Girdhar Gopal, Govinda, Kaanha, Nandlala, Devki Nandan, Yashoda Nandan, etc. This year, this grand festival was celebrated on August 26, 2024.

Lord Shree Krishna was born more than 5000 years ago, and as we all know, He is worshipped by a wide section of society in India and many other parts of the world as well. The devotees revere Him in different forms, right from Baal Krishna to Yogeshwar Krishna. Every chapter of His life-story intrigues the masses and inspires them to go deeper into it and correctly understand why He said what He said and why He did what He did. One of His biggest contributions to this world is the Holy Bhagavad Gita, which although being a spiritual book, is useful to even a layman in solving his day-to-day problems, as it is full of ‘keys’ that help open up every ‘lock’ in one’s life, just that it needs to be understood right.

And to help us all understand Lord Krishna’s valuable teachings in its true spirit, on this pious occasion of Janmashtami, the Dada Bhagwan Foundation released a short film named ‘Tak Tak Tak’. This film very nicely and crisply brings us out of all our worries by awakening us to the fact that, ‘To try alone is in our hands, and not the result.’ Also, as the devotees of Lord Krishna, we come to realize our folly that, ‘How can I worry when I am surrendered to God; do I not trust God even?!’

During the day, in the campus of Trimandir Adalaj, a live Puppet show was organized that taught with great creativity, the lessons of positivity to the little kids. Later, in the evening, like every year, there was a Janmashtami special program. This programme is greatly cherished by every follower, because it celebrates the birthday of the beloved Krishna in the presence of their beloved Pujyashree Deepakbhai, getting just one glance of whose, in every heart, love and cheer springs!!!

The programme began with the live Bhakti where hymns in praise of Lord Krishna were sung, followed by a nice light drama on Lord Krishna, that kindled a hope in every household, as it showed how easy it is to reconstruct the loving bond between the parent and child, even when it’s gone to the brink of breaking down completely; all that it requires is seeing things from the other side as well.

Then, as the clock struck 12 at midnight when baby Krishna was born, a jhaankhi depicting the birth scene of Lord Krishna travelled through the Dada Bhagwan Convention Centre hall, as the young lad, dressed up as ‘Kanha’, performed the Matkifod event. Finally, Pujyashree Deepakbhai blessed everyone on this day so that we can follow all teachings, and maintain loving relationships in life and progress spiritually without any worries.