Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna, is celebrated like other festivals where people pray for god, make delicious food, and decorate temples and homes. On this day, people gather in temples at night to perform pooja.
Janamastmi Pooja Vidhi is different from other festivals because it is celebrated for only 1 day. Janamastmi is celebrated on night. On this day, Hindu god Krishna was born in prison of Mathura, because his uncle wanted to kill him after birth. His father put him in a basket and float it on the Yamuna River. Later, Lord Krishna was reached on Vrindavan and got found by the head of the village, Nandaba. From that time, this day is celebrated as Janmashtami.
The celebrations and aarti were performed at 12:00 in the night. Janmashtami is celebrated on the eighth day of Hindu month Bhadrapada. This is a major Hindu festival celebrated all across India. On this day, the dahi handi festival is also celebrated in Maharashtra and Gujarat. A big pot of sweet curd hangs in the sky 20–30 feet above land, and then people stand on round ways one above another to break it for making Lord Krishna happy.
Looking for pooja Vidhi and samagri: we have listed all major steps and essentials below
1. Krishna Janmashtami Pooja Essentials
Before pooja, you have to bring all the essentials required to perform Janmashtami pooja at home. These are the samagri you required:
1. Swing for Laddu Gopal
2. Pooja Chowki
3. 1.25 mtr. red cloth for Chowki
4. Laddu Gopal brass idol
5. Panchamrat
6. Ganga jal
7. Ghee Diya
8. Dhoop and Agar batti
9. Kumkum
10. Raw rice
11. Tulsi leaves
12. Makhan (for bhog)
13. Flower
14. Cloths for Laddu Gopal
15. Parsad
2. Pooja Vidhi:
wake up early in the morning and clean the temple perfectly. Take a bath and then do pooja early in the morning to impress Lord Krishna. Set up flowers at your temple and decorate it. On the day of Janmastami, you have to bring fast till night. After decoration, give a bath with milk to Laddu Gopal, give new clothes and jewelry to the idol, and place the idol on the swing like a newly born baby put in the swing after birth.
3. Bhog and Pooja:
After the pooja in the morning successfully conducted, you must offer sweets and fruits to Lord Krishna. These offerings can be sweets, milk, makhnan, fruits, and dry fruits. Simply place the food in bowls in front of the idol to be worshiped.
4. Night Pooja:
On 12:00 am at night, firstly, you have to give Lord Krishna a bath with 5 elements: milk, curd, gangajal, honey, and tulsi leaves. then after bath you can drink the bath panchamirit or throw it in plants. then give new clothes to Lord Krishna and then offer Makhan at first for bhog. then do tilak with kumkum on the Lord's forhead. then perform the aarti of Lord Krishna that is mentioned below:
Om jai jagdish hare
Swami jai jagdish hare
Bhakt jano ke sankat
Daas jano ke sankat
Kshan mein door kare
Om jai jagdish hare
Jo dhyaave phal paave
Dukh bin se mann ka
Swami dukh bin se mann ka
Sukh sampati ghar aave
Sukh sampati ghar aave
Kasht mite tan ka
Om jai jagdish hare
Maat pitaah tum mere
Sharan kohon kiski
Swami Sharan kohon kiski
Tum bin aur na duja
Prabhu bin aur na duja
Aas karoon main kiski
Om jai jagdish hare
Tum puran parmatma
Tum antariyaami
Swami tum antariyaami
Par brahm parmeshvar
Par brahm parmeshvar
Tum sabke swami
Om jai jagdish hare
Tum karuna ke saagar
Tum paalan karta
Swami tum paalan karta
Main moorakh khalkaami
Kaise vak tum swami
Kripa karo bharta
Om jai jagdish hare
Tum ho ek agochar
sab ke praan pathi
Swami sab ke praan pathi
Kis vidu miloon daya maya
Kis vidhi miloon Dayamay
Tum ko main kumati
Om jai Jagdish hare
Deen bandhu dukh harta
Thakur tum mere
Swami thakur tum mere
Apne haath uthao
Dwaar paethaa tere
Om jai Jagdish hare
Vishay vikaar mitaavo
Paap haro Devaa
Swaami paap haro Deva
Shradhaa bhakti badaavo
Shradhaa bhakti badaavo
Santan ki sevaa
Om jai Jagdish hare
Tan man dhan
Sab kuch hai tera
sab kuch hai tera
Swami sab kuch hai tera
Tera tujh ko arpan
Tera tujh ko arpan
Kya laage mera
Om Jai Jagdish Hare
