Sri Krishna Janmashtami Celebration In School

(School Report on Janmashtami Celebration)

 

“It is very obvious that there will be victory of truth always,
So always try to do the things told by Lord
Krishna and behave like Lord Rama.”

 

Introduction:

 

All religions have been celebrating the birthdays of their great prophets or legends with great pomp. The festival of Janmashtami is a very important festival for all Hindus and is celebrated every year. It is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna, which is why it is called Krishna Janmashtami.

The birthday of Lord Krishna is celebrated with great pomp and show across the country. People celebrate this day as the birthday of Lord Krishna. This festival is celebrated on the Ashtami date of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month after Rakshabandhan. Lord Krishna was the 8th son of Vasudeva and Devaki. The people of India settled abroad also celebrate it with full faith and gaiety. Let us tell you that Shri Krishna has many forms and he has been the center of our faith since ages. People know him as the Lal of Yashoda Maiya and also as the naughty Kanha of Braj and other forms.

It is also known by several other names like - Krishnashtami, Gokulashtami, Ashtami Rohini, Shri Krishna Jayanti, Shri Jayanti etc. Lord Krishna is the god of Hindu religion. He was born on earth in human form to save human life and remove human suffering. He taught us the power of ‘Dharma’ and ‘Karma’.

 

Why do we celebrate Janmashtami?

According to the scriptures of Hinduism, Lord Krishna was born on Ashtami Tithi in Rohini Nakshatra. It comes after Raksha Bandhan. According to astrological calculations, on this day the Moon had reached Taurus and the Sun in Leo.

It is believed that by celebrating the birthday of Shri Krishna with reverence on this day, happiness resides in the house. During this, the swing of Shri Krishna is decorated in the temples. Devotees sing auspicious songs for the Lord and offer him their favourite bhog. Let us tell you that Bal Krishna likes Makhan Mishri very much. This is the reason that it is also distributed in the form of Prasad.

 

Religious Significance:

 

A day before Krishna Janmashtami, people keep a fast on Saptami and after the birth of Krishna at 12 midnight, the aarti of Shri Krishna is performed by ringing the bells and cymbals. After this, people express their happiness by distributing prasad among their relatives and neighbours. After that they eat their food. In this way, this festival is celebrated by keeping a fast for the whole day.

The birthday of Lord Krishna is celebrated with great pomp all over the world. This festival comes after Raksha Bandhan on the Ashtami date of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month. Let us tell you that Bal Krishna was the 8th son of Devaki and Vasudeva. His maternal uncle, King Kansa of Mathura city, was very tyrannical. It is believed that the son of Devaki was born to end his tyranny. Earlier, King Kansa had killed 6 children of Devaki. Lord Krishna is the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. And he was brought up in Gokul with Yashoda Mata and Nand Baba. Since then, Janmashtami festival is celebrated every year in the joy of his birthday.

 

Importance of Janamashtami:

All married women keep a fast as a maternity gift. It is believed that those who complete this fast on the day of Janmashtami with full devotion and faith; they get the fruit of this fast in the form of blessings of a child. Women who are unmarried keep a fast on this day to wish for a good husband in future.

 

School Report:

 

Shri Krishna Janmashtami festival was celebrated at Panache International School on Saturday. A special school assembly was organized by Primary Wing.

The programme started by offering butter misri to Bal Gopal after lighting of the lamp by the Chief Guest MLA Gautam Sharma. School children dressed up in colourful dresses staged the Bal Leelas of Shri Krishna in a play depicting Krishna’s life and karishmas. The school's Chairman said that Shri Krishna had multi-faceted qualities in his personality, due to which he was able to establish Dharma.

Middle Wing of the school decorated beautiful tableaux. On the day of Shri Krishna Janmashtami, cradles were decorated House wise in the school stilt area. They put the baby Krishna to sleep in that cradle. By making Kansa's prison, Devaki and Vasudev were seated in it and they stationed soldiers outside the jail. Tableaux were decorated with coloured bulbs that light with electricity but give antique look. At some places, the tableaux were moved in the school campus and reached the auditorium through the school compound.

Matki Burst Competition is also organized in many places in the country on the day of Janmashtami. The students from Senior Wing participated in Dahi Handi. The handi was filled with buttermilk and curd and was hung in the sky with the help of a rope. Efforts were made by the Senior Wing students’ teams to break this Dahi Handi. The team that won the Dahi Handi Competition was given a fair reward. The team which was successful in bursting the matki was entitled to the reward.

 

Conclusion:

Janmashtami is celebrated not only in India but also Indians living abroad with great faith and gaiety. Shri Krishna has been the centre of our faith since ages. Sometimes he is the apple of Mother Yashoda’s eyes and sometimes he is the naughty Kanha of Braj. Hindus celebrate this festival as the birth of Shri Krishna, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

When sins, tyranny, malice and hatred increase more in the world, religion begins to perish, gentlemen and poor sufferers are persecuted, then a great power incarnates in this world and establishes religion. We should follow the messages of Shri Krishna. Whenever there is an increase in suffering, sin, incest and corruption in the world, some great power is also born to eliminate it. That is why man should always be engaged in good deeds.

 

“If you don’t fight for what you want;

Don’t cry for what you lost.”

--Shrimad Bhagwat Gita

 

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