The legend of Janmashtami
One of Indias most popular festivals- Janmashtami- is celebrated through the years with immense zest and fervour, to commemorate the birth of Lord Krishna- the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu. The legend of this festival basically revolves around the birth of Lord Krishna with the purpose of getting the world rid of evil sources.
It was back in the ˜Dwapar Yug (almost 5000 years ago), when Mathura, which is the birth city of Sri Krishna, was ruled by King Ugrasen. He had a son, Kansa and a daughter Devaki. Kansa, who was selfish and wicked by nature, took over the throne, by imprisoning his father. It was on the day of his sisters wedding to Vasudeva-one of the highly ranked officials in his army- that a heavenly voice predicted that Devakis eighth son will kill him. Scared by this prophecy, Kansa locked up the newlyweds in the prison. He succeeded in killing six newborns of Devaki, as the seventh child was transferred from Devakis womb to Rohinis- Vasudevas first wife-and was born as Balarama. But Kansa thought that Devaki had a miscarriage.
It was back in the ˜Dwapar Yug (almost 5000 years ago), when Mathura, which is the birth city of Sri Krishna, was ruled by King Ugrasen. He had a son, Kansa and a daughter Devaki. Kansa, who was selfish and wicked by nature, took over the throne, by imprisoning his father. It was on the day of his sisters wedding to Vasudeva-one of the highly ranked officials in his army- that a heavenly voice predicted that Devakis eighth son will kill him. Scared by this prophecy, Kansa locked up the newlyweds in the prison. He succeeded in killing six newborns of Devaki, as the seventh child was transferred from Devakis womb to Rohinis- Vasudevas first wife-and was born as Balarama. But Kansa thought that Devaki had a miscarriage.
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