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Janmashtami

  • ‘Krishna was born in jail today, you want to leave?’: CJI Bobde asks petitioner on Janmashtami

    ‘Krishna was born in jail today, you want to leave?’: CJI Bobde asks petitioner on Janmashtami

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 12, 2020 · 01:34 pm
  • UP: Man beaten to death for objecting to loud music during Janmashtami celebrations, seven arrested

    UP: Man beaten to death for objecting to loud music during Janmashtami celebrations, seven arrested

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 26, 2019 · 10:28 am
  • When the Muslim poet who went on to write Pakistan’s national anthem wrote a nazm to Lord Krishna

    When the Muslim poet who went on to write Pakistan’s national anthem wrote a nazm to Lord Krishna

    Nikhil Mandalaparthy
    · Sep 02, 2017 · 08:30 pm
  • Cannot stop Janmashtami celebrations at police stations as I can’t curb namaz on roads: Adityanath

    Cannot stop Janmashtami celebrations at police stations as I can’t curb namaz on roads: Adityanath

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 17, 2017 · 06:54 pm
  • Adityanath orders ‘grand Janmashtami celebrations’ days after 63 children die at Gorakhpur hospital

    Adityanath orders ‘grand Janmashtami celebrations’ days after 63 children die at Gorakhpur hospital

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 14, 2017 · 07:44 pm
  • On Janmashtami, social media is full of praise for this artist's paintings of Krishna

    On Janmashtami, social media is full of praise for this artist's paintings of Krishna

    Rhema Mukti Baxter
    · Aug 25, 2016 · 03:44 pm
  • MNS leader Raj Thackeray's Janmashtami celebrations flout Supreme Court orders

    MNS leader Raj Thackeray's Janmashtami celebrations flout Supreme Court orders

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 25, 2016 · 02:25 pm
  • How Krishna was transformed from a tribal deity to a supreme god in the Puranic tradition

    How Krishna was transformed from a tribal deity to a supreme god in the Puranic tradition

    Ruchika Sharma
    · Aug 24, 2016 · 06:30 am