How India celebrated Janmashtami

Updated On Sept 09, 2015 10:40 am IST
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Visually impaired children dance after breaking a 'Dahi-handi' during Janmashtami celebration at Victoria School for the blind in Mumbai. (AFP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Visually impaired children dance after breaking a 'Dahi-handi' during Janmashtami celebration at Victoria School for the blind in Mumbai. (AFP Photo)

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Protesting against the state government's inability to relax norms during Dahi Handi, Thane MNS supports boys, dressed up as Krishna, take selfies. They claim there will be no handi to break this Janmashtami in Thane. (Praful Gangurde / HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Protesting against the state government's inability to relax norms during Dahi Handi, Thane MNS supports boys, dressed up as Krishna, take selfies. They claim there will be no handi to break this Janmashtami in Thane. (Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)

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Delhi's iconic Laxmi Narayana Temple (Birla Mandir) was lit up to mark the birth festival of Krishna who is believed to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu or the Narayana. (PTI Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Delhi's iconic Laxmi Narayana Temple (Birla Mandir) was lit up to mark the birth festival of Krishna who is believed to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu or the Narayana. (PTI Photo)

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A boy dressed like Lord Krishna gazes at the 'Dahi handi' he was to break. (AP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A boy dressed like Lord Krishna gazes at the 'Dahi handi' he was to break. (AP Photo)

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An artisan gives finishing touches to an idol of Lord Krishna ahead of Janmashtami celebrations in Ahmedabad. (AP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An artisan gives finishing touches to an idol of Lord Krishna ahead of Janmashtami celebrations in Ahmedabad. (AP Photo)

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A Muslim woman looks out of a window as pandit children dressed up as Lord Krishna take part in a rally on the occasion of Janmashtami in Kashmir's capital Srinagar on Saturday. (Abid Bhat/ HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Muslim woman looks out of a window as pandit children dressed up as Lord Krishna take part in a rally on the occasion of Janmashtami in Kashmir's capital Srinagar on Saturday. (Abid Bhat/ HT Photo)

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Devotees take part in a Janmashtami procession organised by the Sanatan Dharam Sabha in Mandi on Saturday. (Birbal Sharma/ HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Devotees take part in a Janmashtami procession organised by the Sanatan Dharam Sabha in Mandi on Saturday. (Birbal Sharma/ HT Photo)

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Devotees after taking part in 'Bees Bhadon' holy bath at Himri Ganga in Padhar subdivision of Mandi district on Saturday. (Birbal Sharma/ HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Devotees after taking part in 'Bees Bhadon' holy bath at Himri Ganga in Padhar subdivision of Mandi district on Saturday. (Birbal Sharma/ HT Photo)

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Students participate in Janmashtami celebrations at a school in Amritsar on Saturday. (Sameer Sehgal/ HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Students participate in Janmashtami celebrations at a school in Amritsar on Saturday. (Sameer Sehgal/ HT Photo)

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A little child is dressed up as Lord Krishna during Janmashtami at Durgiana temple in Amritsar on Saturday. (Sameer Sehgal/ HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A little child is dressed up as Lord Krishna during Janmashtami at Durgiana temple in Amritsar on Saturday. (Sameer Sehgal/ HT Photo)

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