The Krishna Janmashtami or Janmashtami is celebrated on the Ashtami of the Krishna Paksha of the month of Bhadrapada generally comes on August–September. Hindus celebrate Janmashtami by fasting and staying up until midnight, the time when Krishna is believed to have been born. Images of Krishna's infancy are placed in swings and cradles in temples and homes. At midnight, devotees gather around for devotional songs called bhajans or Jhulan. The temples of Lord Krishna, also called ThakurBari, are decorated, and bhajans and kirtans are sung or played.
Observances include people sitting closely together, bodies rocking as women chant the many names of Lord Krisha, such as Narayan, Narayan and Gopal, Gopal. Some sing hymns, others clap their hands, while some others pray. Crowds of men and women edge their way slowly up narrow steps through the seated devotees to the temple's dark interior, to where the main idol stands. There they offer flowers, coins and food, and wait for a glimpse of the Krishna Janmashtami idol. After the temple priest gives them prasad, they make their way home. After worship of god Krishna, devotees breaks fasting by food or fruit.
As my name also belongs to on the name of lord Krishna, My born also had in the same environment. That was the day 7th september 1985, when krishna Janmashtami was celebrating. My mother breaked the fasting with banana at the midnight. My mother was in preganacy stage, after some time Mom got the pain. My father thought that after morning, we will go to hospital, but that time around 4AM I borned.
After borned, some times I weeped and suddenly be silent, my neighbours thought might be girl borned and they killed the child. That was really a shocking for the others.
