https://www.pitara.com/tags/krishna-birthday/Recent content in Krishna Birthday on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/festivals-for-kids/janamashtmi-the-day-krishna-was-born/Sun, 15 Aug 1999 17:02:37 +0000https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/festivals-for-kids/janamashtmi-the-day-krishna-was-born/<p>Janamashtmi, or the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna — the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu — is celebrated with traditional gaiety and fervour all over India. It falls on the eighth day of the waning moon in the month of Shravan in August/ September. Lord Krishna is believed to have been born at midnight on this day. The day is marked by fasting, feasting, dancing and singing hymns and prayers.</p> <p>Lord Vishnu is invoked in his human incarnation as Krishna on his birth anniversary.</p>