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<ul><li>All the 150 ISKCON temples across India — in Bengaluru, <keyword id="66" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi">Delhi</keyword>, West Bengal, and Odisha — are preparing to celebrate <keyword id="3578494" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Janmashtami">Janmashtami</keyword> online this year. </li><li>People who wish to attend the ‘darshan’ will have to pre-book the appointment. </li><li>The New York-founded religious organisation will make arrangements for people who want to prepare ‘bhoga’ for Lord Rukmini Dwarkadhish at their homes and offer it to the Hindu deity. </li></ul>This pandemic has truly turned us on the digital path. While it began with banking, shopping, working and connecting with even family members online, now you can attend festivals, pray and seek blessings through the virtual medium as well. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is all set to go digital on Janmashtami. Not just Dwarka, all the 150 ISKCON temples across India — in Bengaluru, Delhi, West Bengal, and Odisha — are preparing to celebrate Janmashtami online. “This Janmashtami from 7th to 12th August 2020, Delhi’s famous upcoming temple- ISKCON Dwarka Delhi invites you to join them at their temple in Sector-13 Dwarka. We have made an exclusive arrangement where you can perform their aartis, offer bhoga, do Abhishek. For this, we have prepared kits to help you in performing aarti &amp; Abhishek from your home and we’ll get them delivered to you before the big day,” read ISKCON Dwarka’s statement. “This year the grandeur has been lessened due to Covid-19. The entry will be purely based on limited invitation. We request all the devotees to stay with us virtually on this auspicious day,” Vrajendra Nandan Das, vice president of ISKCON, New Delhi told ANI People who wish to attend will have to pre-book the appointment. The New-York founded religious organisation will make arrangements for people who want to prepare ‘bhoga’ for Lord Rukmini Dwarkadhish at their homes and offer it to the Hindu deity. “You can offer dishes (without onion, garlic, mushroom), fruits, dry fruits, sweets, savories, etc,” ISKCON said. Delhi’s ISKCON is allowing a limited number of people to come to the temple — while adhering to the government — and perform the sewa, by booking an appointment. However, unlike last year, Delhi’s ISKCON temple will not be decorated with flowers this time around. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/trump-was-rushed-from-the-briefing-room-by-secret-service-after-a-shooting-outside-of-the-white-house/articleshow/77474005.cms">Trump was rushed from the briefing room by Secret Service after a shooting outside the White House</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/mckinsey-facebook-amazon-nokia-and-some-other-companies-looking-for-a-product-manager-right-now/slidelist/77464438.cms">McKinsey, Facebook, Amazon, Nokia — and some other companies looking for a product manager right now</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/how-karan-bajaj-sold-his-less-than-18-month-old-startup-white-hat-jr-to-byjus/articleshow/77415329.cms">A WhatsApp message, six weeks of talks and a $300 million deal – how Karan Bajaj sold his less than 18-month old startup White Hat Jr to Byju’s</a>

Celebrate Janmashtami with a virtual ‘darshan’ at ISKCON temple this year

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Sri Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu descended on this earth on the Ashtami (eighth day) of Krishna Paksha (dark phase of the lunar month) in the month of Shravan (July – August). This year, Krishnashtami falls on Tuesday, August 30, 2021. Some people celebrate it on the next day also. Krishnashtami is also known and celebrated as Krishna Jayanti and Gokulashtami. A detailed expression calls this day Sri Krishna Janmashtami. Krishnashtami is very keenly observed in Hindu households. Krishnavatar or the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu is a very popular deity who is worshipped with great love, adoration, and respect. Krishnashtami is a happy and holy event that Hindu households celebrate with ardent devotion. In each household, people celebrate Krishnashtami in different ways -- could be done in a simple fashion and in an elaborate way. Krishnashtami is celebrated in temples too. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Krishna Janmashtami 2021 puja timing" comment="subhead" text="Krishna Janmashtami 2021 puja timing">Krishna Janmashtami 2021 puja timing</cmsannotation> In 2020, Krishnashtami falls on Tuesday, August 30, 2021. The Ashtami tithi begins at 11:25 pm on August 29, Sunday, and ends at 1:59 am on, August 31. Puja can be performed during this period. The Nishita (midnight) puja can be performed on August 30, from 11:59 pm to 12:44 am (31 August). People will organize Dahi Handi on Wednesday, August 30, 2021. Krishna Janmashtami 2021 puja procedure Before the day of Krishna Janmashtami, the household is cleaned and decorated. On the day of Krishnashtami, the devotees wake up early in the morning and take a holy bath. Then the puja altar is set up. Preferably, the puja altar can be set up in the puja room itself. If you are planning for an elaborate puja, you can organize the puja altar in the main hall also. Sri Krishna’s idol is the central attraction of the Krishnashtami puja. Some people use the regular idol or picture they have in their puja room. Some people buy a new image of Krishna every year for the puja. Depending on which material the Krishna idol is made of, you can plan for a holy bath for the idol; or can simply decorate the idol with flowers, clothes, and ornaments. In many Hindu households, people draw the images of little footsteps leading from the main door to the puja room. This practice symbolically represents Sri Krishna’s little feet bringing him into the household to bless the puja and the residents of the house. Krishna’s visit to every home during the puja is said to fill the home with prosperity and happiness. Light the lamp and offer incense to the Lord. Offer Chandan and kumkum. Offer special homemade prasad. Curd/yoghurt, ghee, butter, and other milk products and milk-based sweets are especially suitable to offer to Lord Krishna. Do not forget berries and other fruits. Sing the songs of Krishna and chant some shlokas and mantras related to Krishna. Wave camphor and conclude the puja. Share the prasad with the gathering and family as a mark of Krishna’s blessings.

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