Somerset, NJ – 08/10/12 – Krishnanjali – Ananda Mandir

The "Krishnanjali" cast of 2nd generation live musicians and dancers come together for an intimate evening of bhajans and other devotional songs, celebrating Lord Krishna's birth.

Krishna Janmashtami is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu.

According to Bhagavata Purana, Krishna was born without a sexual union, but by divine "mental transmission" from the mind of Vasudeva into the womb of Devaki. Based on scriptural details and astrological calculations the date of Krishna's birth, Krishna belonged to the Vrishni clan of Yadavas from Mathura and was the eighth son born to the princess Devaki, and her husband Vasudeva.

Mathura (in present day Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh) was the capital of the Yadavas, to which Krishna's parents Vasudeva and Devaki belonged. King Kansa, Devaki's brother had ascended the throne by imprisoning his father, King Ugrasena. Afraid of a prophecy that predicted his death at the hands of Devaki's eighth son, Kansa had the couple locked into a prison cell. After Kansa killed the first six children, and Devaki's apparent miscarriage of the seventh (which was actually a secret transfer of the infant to Rohini as Balarama), Krishna was born.


Join this beautiful cast at the wonderful Ananda Mandir celebrating the opening of their new community center with live music, songs, and dancing. An event not to be missed!

Kalamandir Dance Company dancers featured: Ariana (Ria) Dasgupta & Brinda Guha