The birth date of the lord Krishna is celebrated as Krishna Jayanthi, Janmashtami or Gokulashtami. In Tamil Nadu this festival is going to be celebrated on the 24th August Saturday 2019. Many devotees observe fast on this Gokulashtami day. Only one time meal on this day, this fast gives meaning upavasa and virada in the other Indian languages. The Gokulashtami is the day for the star Rohini or Ashtami thithi. Devotees would be performing a detailed ritualistic puja during the midnight of this festival.

The puja involves all the sixteen steps it is a part of Shodashopachara. On this Gokulashtami day, in all houses they make crunch dishes which are liked by the Lord Krishna. All these traditional dishes are very difficult to make by the housewives. Along with the traditional dishes, many fruits are contributed to the God. All these fruits would be available only during the August and September. On the other days, it is difficult to find these fruits. More flowers are also contributed to the Lord Krishna.

During the festival day, entire houses will be washed and cleaned. The ladies in the home would be designing the home on the ground with the temporary kolam. Kolam is an art and this art is created in the flavor it will be white in the color.

Generally kolam is had in the homes both in the morning and in the evening in all Hindu homes. Actually the purpose of drawing this kolam to feed the ants and other insects, basically the powder is rise powder, so all the insects come and eat this powder and that is the only reason this KOLAM is drawn in all the Hindu homes outside the home, or in the streets. Vaishnavis and other Hindus celebrate this festival grandly in the home and as well as in the Vishnu temple. Krishna is eight avatar of the Vishnu. ISKON the international spiritual group celebrates this festival grandly all over the world.

In all families, if they have young male or female child, they dress the child as Lord Krishna, and send them to invite the relatives and friends to visit their homes. These children will be visiting to the temple with the lord Krishna appearance, this would be very nice to see and enjoy. Children every year would be waiting to eat the Gokulashtami recopies made at the homes. In the temples the lord Krishna will be decorated grandly. There will be many men and women singing Krishna devotional songs. In some Vaishnavi temples in India will have the music concert of the leading artists. In temples based on the financial budget the festival is being celebrated from one day to ten days. The complete story of the Krishna will be exhibited in some temples with the handmade craft works. However, the exhibition of the life story of the lord Krishna will be available only for the ten days. Every Hindu will be really feeling happy on this day this is not only in India and this is all over the world where Hindus are living.