When will Janmashtami be celebrated in Banke Bihari temple on 26th or 27th August? Know the complete schedule here

Janmashtami will be celebrated on 26 August 2024 in Mathura, the birthplace of Shri Krishna. Here in the temple premises, the Abhishek and worship of Bal Gopal will be done at midnight on this day.

Janmashtami will be celebrated on 27 August 2024 in the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, which is called Kanha’s Leelasthali. A grand idol of Bihari ji is installed here. There is a crowd of devotees in this temple 365 days of the year. There are special darshans of the Lord on Janmashtami.

On Janmashtami, after the evening aarti, the Lord will be anointed at night in the Banke Bihari temple. After this, there will be the Mangala Aarti of Lord Banke Bihari, which happens only once a year.

At 12 o’clock on the night of Janmashtami, there will be Bala Mahabhishek of Banke Bihari Ji, this lasts for about 2 hours. After this, Thakur ji will be offered a yellow dress and panjiri made of dry fruits.

Banke Bihari temple got this name because Krishna is standing in a three-faced posture here, which is one of the unique references. There are many mysteries about the idol here.

The devotees are allowed to have darshan of the world famous Banke Bihari Ji in parts, i.e. intermittently. For this, a curtain is repeatedly put in front of Banke Bihari Ji.

It is said that the idol of Banke Bihari Ji is so captivating that people are drawn towards it as soon as they see it. The devotee loses his senses by being captivated by the devotion of Shri Krishna. It is said that once a widow woman, as she did not have a child, considered God as her son and got all her property registered in his name.

Seeing the love of Maa Kanhaiya also started considering himself as her son and followed her to her house. When the priest looked in the temple, the idol was not there. Since then, after repeated persuasion by the priest, the Lord returned and since then a curtain is put in front of the idol every 2 minutes.