Though it was raining the whole morning, lots of people came to Lord Krishna Temple at Basantapur, Kathmandu. Thousands of people kept on coming to the temple whole day till the evening 9:00 pm.

Krishna Janmasthami Celebration In Kathmandu

Krishna Janmashtami (Lord Krishna's Birth day) (Devanagari कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी kṛṣṇa janmāṣṭami), also known as Krishnashtami, Saatam Aatham,Gokulashtami, Ashtami Rohini, Srikrishna Jayanti, Sree Jayanti or sometimes merely as Janmashtami, is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth ofKrishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu. Lord Krishna is the eight son of Devaki and Vasudeva.

Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the Ashtami tithi, the eighth day of the dark half or Krishna Paksha of the month of Bhadra in the Hindu calendar, when the Rohini Nakshatra is ascendant.