Srikhanda janmashtami

Janmashtami is the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna and is celebrated all over India on the ashtami of Krishna Paksh in Bhadon.Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the Ashtami tithi, the eighth day of the dark half or Krishna Paksha of the month of Shraavana in the Hindu calendar.people celebrate it with fasting and doing puja at midnight.I have uploaded some photos to picasa album that you can easily access from this blog.I think no no need to introduction.In Srikhanda Thakurbari there also organized Janmashtami.See this pictures

srikhanda majherbari thakur

srikhanda majherbari thakur

srikhanda dakhinbari thakur

srikhanda dakhinbari thakur

srikhanda uttarbari thakur on janmashtami

radha krishna from srikhanda uttarbari

radha krishna from srikhanda uttarbari

at uttarbari

at majherbari

Now I show some bani which are printed at srikhanda dakhinbari

jhulan purnima at srikhanda thakurbari

jhulan yatra is the celebration of Jhulan Yatra, the Radha-Krishna swing festival.over this period in the auspicious sacred month of Shravana (July-Aug) this festival was used to organized.According to our bengali culture these day also called jhulan purnima.Like every year these also year the khandabasi celebrate jhulan purnima at srikhanda thakurbari.There are three temple in thakurbari and I post three picture from three temples.there are lord radha-krishna and lord gauranga mahaprabhu

jhulan purnima at srikhanda uttarbari

jhulan purnima at srikhanda majherbari

jhulan purnima at srikhanda dakhinbari

Srikhanda Rath yatra

Rath yatra is a huge Hindu festival associated with Lord Jagannath.Which was held in Srikhanda.This is the fourth year.This was organized Srikhanda Ramkrishna Sri Shikha Samity.This year the festival start by Shre. Sunil Thakur-a very famous old man of Srikhanda by broken a coconut in front of Srikhanda Radha madan mohan temple or Srikhanda Uttarbari.It was start in front of Uttarbari and finished at Ramkrishna Sri shikha Samity or in front of Shital Banerjee Chamber who is the President of this Samity.In this rath yatra at first there were a Band party after followed by the villagers and the children followed by the rath.

rath at ramktishna srishikha samity

rath in front of srikhnda uttarbari

jagannath,Subhadra,Balaram

rath yatra

rath yatra at srikhanda

There were a huge crowd of people mainly children associated with tis rathayatra.Chilren are loved to pull the rope of this rath.In this picture you can see the children and the rath.Hope you enjoy it.Jai Jagannath deb.