Gopashtami

 

• Gopastami puja or Gopashtami vrat is observed on eighth day Kartik month (Kartik Shukla Astami).
• Sri Krishna Puja and Go Puja are the main rituals of the day.
• As per the Puranas, on this day Lord Sri Krishna and his elder brother Balarama became qualified cowherds.
• Before this day, he was a keeper of the calves.
• Cows are given a bath and decorated with colorful clothes and jewelry.
• Devotees paint the horns of the cows with turmeric and put Sindhura on their foreheads.
• They also put hand marks on their bodies.
• Special food recipes and fresh grass are offered to cows on Gopastami. 
• Pradakshina around the cow (circumambulation) is the most beneficial ritual of the Gopastami festival.

Gopastami and Go Puja are celebrated with utmost fervor in all Krishna temples in India and abroad. Mayapur temple, Vrindavan Banke Bihariji Temple, Mathura Sri Krishna Mandir, Dwarkadish temple in Dwarka, and Nathdwara Shreenathji temple are the most popular temples to visit during the Gopastami festival. In the Mayapur temple, on this festive day, Maha Yagna and Charan Darshan of Srimati Radharani are held.

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2024 Date: November 09