Ram Navmi particular: Mathura’s Krishna turns into Ram for a day

Agra Devotees who reached the Keshav Dev Temple on the premises of Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura had ‘darshan’ of their deity sporting the type of Lord Ram, with a bow and arrow in hand as a substitute of the flute. The premises reverberated with chants of ‘Jai Sri Ram’ instead of the same old ‘Radhey Radhey’ as ‘Ram Navmi’was celebrated in Mathura with enthusiasm on Wednesday.

Lord Krishna with bow and arrow in hand on Ram Navmi at Sri Krishna Janmbhoomi in Mathura on Wednesday. (HT)

In response to custom, on Ram Navmi, Lord Krishna offers up the flute for a day and seems earlier than devotees as Lord Ram with bow and arrow . This custom on Ram Navmi goes on yearly, in line with Kapil Sharma, secretary of Sri Krishna Janmasthan Sewa Sansthan, taking care of each day actions at Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi .

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“As an exception, Lord Krishna gave ‘darshan’ as Lord Ram at Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura on January 22, the day when consecration ceremony was held on the newly constructed Ram Temple in Ayodhya,” stated Sharma.

“Lord Ram and Krishna are each ‘avtar’ (re-incarnation) of Lord Vishnu and thus we have a good time the competition of Ram Navmi with fervour in Mathura, positioned greater than 500 kilometres from Ayodhya,” knowledgeable Sharma.

Celebrations started at 11 am on Wednesday and as doorways of the Keshav Dev Temple had been opened at midday , chants of ‘Jai Sri Ram’ stuffed the air. Aarti was supplied and ‘prasad’ distributed.

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