Janmashtami

E20135

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.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu festival → religious observance →
alsoKnownAs	Gokulashtami → Krishna Janmashtami → Krishnashtami → Sri Krishna Jayanti →
associatedAvatar	eighth avatar of Vishnu →
associatedDeity	Vishnu →
calendarType	lunar calendar →
celebratesEvent	birth of Krishna →
culturalEvent	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	Hindus →
observedIn	Bangladesh → Fiji → 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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Janmashtami ("Krishna Janmashtami") → Janmashtami ("Gokulashtami") → Janmashtami ("Krishnashtami") → Janmashtami ("Sri Krishna Jayanti") →	alsoKnownAs
Krishna → Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane ("Krishna Janmashtami") → Vrindavan →	festival
Dwarkadhish Temple → Mathura →	majorFestival
Braj →	associatedWithFestival
Kashmiri Pandit →	celebratesFestival
Hinduism →	hasFestival