Faridabad/ Alive News: Children of Faridabad Model School celebrated Janmashtami festival with great fanfare in the school courtyard here today. A speccial assembly was held for the children in which they were told about life of the Lord Krishna. The children wearing dresses of the Lord Krishna were seeing awesome.They enjoyed various activities and participated in singing and dancing.
At the end the school Principal Shashi Bala told the children about Lord Krishna. She said Krishna Janmashtami is the celebration of the birth of Lord Shri Krishna, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, who is believed to have been born about five thousand years ago in Mathura in ‘Dwapar Yuga’. Krishna Janmashtami is also known as Ashtami Rohini, Srikrishna Jayanti, Krishnashtami, Saatam Aatham, Gokulashtami and sometimes simply as Janmashtami.
The festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm and vigor by Hindus all over India and abroad. People observe fast the whole day, sing hymns and conduct prayers at midnight to rejoice the birth of Lord. Ras lila, dramatic enactments of the life of Krishna, are a special feature that is showcased in every part of the country, as it re-creates the flirtatious aspects of Krishna’s youthful days.
