Janmashtami 2017 News

The birth of Lord Krishna was rung in with religious fervour on Tuesday and was followed by colourful 'Dahi Handi' with a distinct national flavour by thousands of Govindas all over Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami.

Lord Shri Krishna, who is also known by several other names such as Makhan Chor, Govinda, Mukunda, Madhusudhana or Vasudeva's birthday is celebrated with full fervour and devotion across the globe.

He gave Indian cinema gems like "Masoom", "Mr. India" and "Bandit Queen", before setting out to chase his dreams and desires in the international film world. Now pining to make a movie in his home country, Oscar nominated filmmaker Shekhar Kapur says his "big dream" in life is to make a movie series on Hindu deity Lord Krishna.

Bolo Radhey Radhey! This seems to be the greeting of the day both in person as well as in the virtual world. On the auspicious occasion of Shri Krishna's birthday, several Bollywood celebrities took to Twitter and shared devotional messages on the micro-blogging site.

On the auspicious occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami, the renowned sand artist from Odisha, Sudarsan Pattnaik took to Twitter and shared the gorgeous tribute to the lord in the form of his sand sculpted Krishna.

Born in the Hindu month of Shravana on Ashtami Tithi as Rohini Nakshatra prevailed, Krishna is the one who taught the fundamental essence of life to mankind.

To make the occasion even more joyous, we have listed some of the most famous songs dedicated to Lord Krishna from Hindi films.

The profound meaning and the moral of the story will help us become better humans.

Have you ever really wondered what Krishna’s butter stealing act really means?