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For celebrating Janmashtami the rituals begin on the previous day with fasting, prayers and celebrations.

Women do not cook on this day, only cold food is served, which some modern thinkers believe is a way of commemorating the childhood of Lord Krishna by spending time with children instead of in the kitchen.

The excitement begins at mid-night. Lamps are lit, idols of Lord Krishna are placed on elegant swing seats and prayer rituals are performed in front of the idol, while the lord sways on his special seat, an act worshipping Lord Krishna as an infant.

People throng to the Krishna temples on this day to offer tribtes to this re-incarnation of great God Vishnu, who like Christ came to earth as a human, and through his preachings to Arjuna gave the world the message of Bhagvad Gita - the most revered book in Hinduism.

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