Janmashtami

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Hindu festival religious observance

Janmashtami is a major Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna, observed with fasting, devotional singing, and night-long vigils.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Janmashtami canonical	42
Krishna Janmashtami	7
Gokulashtami	2
Janmashtami (as Vishnu-Krishna form)	1
Janmashtami (widely observed)	1
Janmashtami celebrations	1
Janmashtami festival	1
Krishna Janmashtami (in some calendar traditions)	1
Krishna Janmashtami (indirectly, as Krishna’s consort)	1
Krishna Jayanthi	1
Krishnashtami	1
Sri Krishna Jayanti	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu festival ⓘ religious observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Janmashtami ⓘ surface form: Gokulashtami Janmashtami ⓘ surface form: Krishna Janmashtami Janmashtami ⓘ surface form: Krishnashtami Janmashtami ⓘ surface form: Sri Krishna Jayanti
associatedAvatar	eighth avatar of Vishnu ⓘ
associatedDeity	Vishnu ⓘ
calendarType	lunar calendar ⓘ
celebratesEvent	birth of Krishna ⓘ
culturalEvent	Dahi Handi ⓘ surface form: Dahi Handi human pyramid competition
fastingType	nirjala fast ⓘ phalahar fast ⓘ
foodTradition	butter offerings ⓘ milk-based sweets ⓘ panjiri ⓘ
honors	Krishna ⓘ
linkedText	Bhagavata Purana ⓘ Harivamsa ⓘ Vishnu Purana ⓘ
majorRitual	Dahi Handi ⓘ Rasa Lila performances ⓘ decorating Krishna temples ⓘ devotional singing ⓘ fasting ⓘ midnight worship of Krishna ⓘ night-long vigil ⓘ offering sweets to Krishna ⓘ reading of Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
midnightSignificance	time of Krishna's birth ⓘ
observedBy	Hinduism ⓘ surface form: Hindus
observedIn	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Fiji ⓘ British Guiana ⓘ surface form: Guyana India ⓘ Mauritius ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Suriname ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ global Hindu diaspora ⓘ
occursInMonth	August ⓘ September ⓘ
occursOn	eighth day of Krishna Paksha in Bhadrapada ⓘ
publicHolidayInPartsOf	India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
symbolizes	divine love ⓘ victory of good over evil ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hinduism → hasFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Krishna → festival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Janmashtami → alsoKnownAs → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Krishna Janmashtami

Janmashtami → alsoKnownAs → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gokulashtami

Janmashtami → alsoKnownAs → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Krishnashtami

Janmashtami → alsoKnownAs → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Krishna Jayanti

Kashmiri Pandit → celebratesFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Mathura → majorFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Vrindavan → festival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Braj → associatedWithFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane → festival → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Krishna Janmashtami

Dwarkadhish Temple → majorFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Jambavati → festivalAssociation → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Krishna Janmashtami (indirectly, as Krishna’s consort)

International Society for Krishna Consciousness → hasFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Hindu lunisolar calendar → determinesFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Gokul → pilgrimageSeason → Janmashtami ⓘ

Gokul → festivalAssociated → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Krishna Janmashtami

Gokul → festivalAssociated → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gokulashtami

Dashavatara → festivalAssociation → Janmashtami ⓘ

Radha → associatedFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Dahi Handi → observedOn → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Krishna Janmashtami

Dwarka → annualFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Braj region → primaryFestivals → Janmashtami ⓘ

Udupi Krishna Matha → majorFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Krishna Janmashtami

Vishnu Purana → associatedFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Bhadrapada → associatedFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Krishna Janmashtami (in some calendar traditions)

Swaminarayan temples → festivalCelebrated → Janmashtami ⓘ

Dhakeshwari Temple → majorFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Narayana → festival → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Janmashtami (as Vishnu-Krishna form)

Janmabhoomi (birthplace) shrine of Krishna → festivalObserved → Janmashtami ⓘ

Ahir community → festival → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Janmashtami (widely observed)

Mayapur → festival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Swaminarayan Sampradaya → festival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Rasa Lila with gopis → associatedWithFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Radha Raman Temple → festival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Kaliya Ghat → hasSeasonalPeak → Janmashtami ⓘ

Radhashtami → linkedFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Radhashtami → occursAfter → Janmashtami ⓘ

Radha Vallabh Temple → festivalCelebrated → Janmashtami ⓘ

Yamuna ghats → timePeriodOfMajorCrowds → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Janmashtami festival

Prem Mandir → festivalCelebrated → Janmashtami ⓘ

Koodal Azhagar Temple → majorFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Krishna Jayanthi

Madan Mohan Temple → hasFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Radha Damodar Temple → festival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Radha Gokulananda Temple → hasFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Shravan month → specialDay → Janmashtami ⓘ

Shravan month → associatedFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Brahmin communities of Gujarat → festival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Nathdwara → mainFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

Khatu Shyam Ji (nearby town in Sikar district) → hasFestival → Janmashtami ⓘ

subject surface form: Khatu Shyam Ji

this entity surface form: Janmashtami celebrations