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Krishna janmashtami 2025: The festival of Janmashtami across the country is going to be celebrated on 16 August. This day is a special day of the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna. Preparations are going on in many parts of the country regarding Janmashtami, while Janmashtami is organized in a unique way. If you do not know, then the Krishna Janmotasav is celebrated in the police stations and jails. The atmosphere of Janmashtami is most visible in the jails of Uttar Pradesh.

It is said that Lord Krishna was born in imprisonment according to which the tradition of celebrating Janmashtami is played in jails. Know the legend behind celebrating Janmashtami in imprisonment.

How to celebrate Janmashtami in jail

Here on the occasion of Janmashtami, a different atmosphere is found in the jail. Like temples in police stations, they celebrate the birthday of Nandalala with the rules of worship at night time. During this time the police wake up overnight and pray to Lord Krishna. All the policemen pray to Lord Krishna that there should be no incident with them ever. On this day a special festival is organized for prisoners in jails. In the jails and police stations of Uttar Pradesh, they celebrate the festival of Janmashtami in a new way.

Know the legend of Janmashtami

The mythology is already present about Janmashtami. According to the legend, in the Dwapar Yuga, Kansa was predicted that the cause of your death would be the son of your sister Devaki and Vasudev. After this, Kansa put his sister Devaki and Vasudev in jail, in such a situation, the children of Devaki and Vasudev would have killed him. But when Lord Krishna was born, such a miracle happened Jail All the locks of the doors were broken on their own. Not only this, all the sentries or soldiers, the gatekeepers were on the guard, all fell asleep in deep sleep. Vasudev came to Vrindavan with Shri Krishna. It is said that Kansa had killed seven children of Devaki. Sri Krishna was born for the eighth time.