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Radha Ashtami Celebrations Begin Across Uttar Pradesh With Fervour
Radha Ashtami is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Goddess Radha.
It is observed on the eighth day of the bright half of the Hindu month of Bhadrapada.
Many people gathered in Barsana and Mathura in Uttar Pradesh for the celebrations.
Barsana is regarded as Radha’s birthplace.
At the Radha Rani Temple, priests performed a special bathing ceremony called an abhishek at 4 a.m.
They used Panchamrit and recited Vedic chants.
Temples were decorated with flowers and colourful lights, and people sang devotional songs.
Some devotees also took a holy dip at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sent good wishes to devotees and the people of Uttar Pradesh.
Radha Ashtami, marking the birth anniversary of Goddess Radha, is being observed with traditional fervour in Barsana and Mathura.
The Radha Rani Temple held a Panchamrit abhishek at 4 a.m. amid Vedic chants and religious rituals.
Devotees from across India and abroad gathered at temples decorated with flowers and colourful lights.
Devotees also took holy dips at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj and joined prayers, bhajans and kirtans.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath extended greetings and highlighted the festival’s spiritual significance.
- Who
- Devotees in India and abroad, temple priests, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
- What
- Radha Ashtami is being celebrated through temple rituals, a Panchamrit abhishek, prayers, devotional music and holy dips.
- Where
- Barsana and Mathura, with additional observances at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
- When
- Saturday, September 19; the main abhishek at the Radha Rani Temple took place at 4 a.m.
- Why
- The festival marks the birth anniversary of Goddess Radha and holds spiritual significance in the Braj region.
Key facts
- Festival
- Radha Ashtami
- Significance
- Birth anniversary of Goddess Radha
- Main locations
- Barsana and Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
- Special ritual
- Radha Rani abhishek with Panchamrit
- Ritual time
- 4 a.m.
- Additional observance
- Devotees took holy dips at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj
- Official greeting
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath extended wishes to devotees
Quotes
Yogi Adityanath
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh who extended greetings on Radha Ashtami
“Heartiest congratulations and best wishes to all devotees and the people of the state on the sacred appearance festival of Shri Radha Rani Ji, the eternal embodiment of selfless love and exclusive devotion—'Radha Ashtami.'”
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