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Florida Celebrates Janmashtami

The halls of over 60 BAPS Mandirs around North America were buzzing with excitement as thousands of followers gathered on Sunday, August 24, 2008 to celebrate the birth of Bhagwan Shri Krishna, one of the most venerated incarnations in Hindu Dharma. Five thousand years ago, he incarnated, at the end of the third cosmic phase, ‘Dwapar Yuga’ and the beginning of the present, ‘Kali Yuga’. As per the rituals, devotees observe nirjala (waterless fast) and spend the whole day immersed in Shri Krishna’s glory by reading, …