Why vishnu is celebrated

When the pots are broken, the spilled yoghurt is considered a celebratory offering, and prizes are awarded to those who are the quickest. In Northern India, Janmashtami is one of the largest festivals of the year.

Krishna temples are decorated with strands of lights, attracting multitudes of visitors. In Eastern India, the tradition of dressing children up as characters from the legends surrounding Krishna is common, and temples are decorated with flowers and leaves as groups recite stories of the god.

Here, the dramatic arts are of utmost importance, and the love-affairs of Krishna are celebrated through classical dance forms and music. In South India, this celebration is known as Gokulashtami. Food is important to these celebrations, and offering to Krishna include butter, fruits, and savories which Krishna is believed to have loved. The most important of these is Seedai, a food made with butter, raw rice, and sesame seeds, which are rolled into balls and fried. Young boys are dressed as Krishna, visiting friends and neighbors, and the youngest male of each family is placed on a swing and rocked gently in reverence to the young Krishna.

The Lord is adorned with new poshaks, jewellery and flowers. The tale of his descent is read out from the Bhagwat Puran and the devootes in large numbers gather and listen to the parvachan and sing bhajans in his praise.

Then maha prasad is distributed. When Vishnu rises after his four month repose, he renews his pact of protecting the earth by ceremonially marrying the earth-goddess on the twelfth day of the waxing moon in the month of Kartika. The goddess represented by the Tulsi plant is wedded to the Lord who is represented by his idol or a shalagrama stone or a cane of sugar. This Tulsi- vivaha marks the beginning of the Hindu marriage season.

On the third day of the bright half of Vaishaka, Renuka gave birth to Parashurama, the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. On this holy day, people buy gold, safe with the knowledge that the lord will protect their wealth from thieves just as he stopped the thousand armed Kartaviryarjuna from stealing the cow Kamadhenu from the hermitage of sage Jamadagni.

The shortest day of the year is 22nd December after which the sun begins its northward journey known as the Uttarayana.

On the 14th of Janauary each year the Sun God, Surya- Narayana rides his golden chariot into the house of Makara, the abode of Madana the lord of love.

It is a very auspious day and is known as Makara-Sankranti and also marks the winter harvest celebrated as Lohri in North India and Pongal in the South of India. Phalguna marks the end of winter and beginning of Spring. It is a festival of love, joy, colours and excitement welcoming the Lord of pleasure Madana who is the son of Lakshmi and Vishnu. It is a joyous festival and was the favourite festival of Krishna and Radha. Dattatreya Jayanti is in the month of Margashisha on the full moon day marks the day when Datta the great yogi and tantric was born to the chaste Anasuya wife of the sage Atri.

Datta embodies the spirit of Vishnu and is worshipped as a Divine Teacher. This day also marks the retreat of monsoon which enables the fishermen to return to the sea.

On this day sisters tie a sacred thread on the wrist of their brothers and seek their. This festival celebrates the birth of Seventh Avatar of Lord Vishnu and the hero of the Ramayana, the Sanskrit epic of 24, stanzas, Shri Rama who was born on the 9th day of Chaitra month. Shri Ramchandra killed the evil king Ravana. A continuous recital of the book takes place for about a week prior to the celebration and on the day itself, the highlights of the story are read in the temple.

Perumal Tirumala is a festival in honour of Lord Vishnu celebrated by the Vishnubhaktis. This festival lasts for eleven days or longer. In the first two days the idols of Lord Vishnu and his companions are carried about in the streets with great pomp in a palanquin.

On the third day he is carried on his vehicle Garuda. On the fourth Vishnu is carried on the monkey Hanuman, on the fifth day He is carried on a lion, the sixth under a small arch or bow of metal called Tiruvasi, on the seventh under a large Tiruvasi, on the eighth on a horse and on the ninth in a large car. On the last day, the tenth day, which is the great day of the feast, Vishnu is for the last time carried about early in the morning. In the evening of the eleventh day, which is called Dhar-ba-tirumal, he and his consort Lakshmi are seated on a couch of Dharba-grass, placed on a aft in a tank and Brahmans, musicians and dancing girls, having entered on the same raft, it is floated from one end of the tank to the other, thrice, in the sight of a multitude of people standing on the banks.

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