Maha Vishnu took various avatars to protect the mortal world from the evildoers and sinners. One such incarnation was his birth as the child of King Vasudeva and Queen Devaki Devi. Gokul Ashtami is the birthday of Lord Krishna. It falls on the 8th day of the dark half of the month of ‘Bhadrapada’ (August-September) and is one of the greatest of all Hindu festivals. Lord Krishna was born at midnight.
Janmashtami is about the joy, people all over the world feel for their beloved Lord Krishna. Gokulashtami (Sri Krishna Jayanthi) falls on 8th day after Avani Avittam function. Normally on this auspicious occassion people will fast from the morning and during the sunset, they will do pooja for Lord Krishna by offering lots of sweets and neivedhyams. Butter is favourite for Lord krishna and hence people will offer milk, curd, buter, Aval, fruits and some more sweets to God on this special day. During Krishna’s childhood, he is fond of butter and he will steal the butter from pots which will spill out in the floor and when he walks, it forms a nice palm prints. So keeping this in mind, the devotees will draw small footprints from the entrance of house to the pooja room.
On the evening during the sunset, devotees will do pooja for Lord Krishna and offer the Lord with butter,fruits,vella seedai, Cocunut Seedai , Uppu Seedai, Appam, Thattai,Aval and some more delicious foods.
Sri Gokulashtami Puja Vidhanam
Audio Recording by : Sri V. Sriram Ghanapatigal
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Audio Files :
1. Gokulashtami Vaibhavam:
2. Vigneswara Puja:
3. Balakrishna Puja:
4.Uttaranga Puja:
Hara Hara Sankara Jaya Jaya Sankara
14 Comments
Suresh · September 4, 2015 at 10:53 am
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A.Thiyagarajan · September 4, 2015 at 9:34 pm
Please help me in sending the punyakavachan procedure and mantras for the new born child in our house at USA to perform the same by ourself as we are not getting the priest at our end on line to this mail. Thank you
Thiyagarajan
Dr.Ambika Rajesh · September 5, 2015 at 6:18 am
Dear Sir
Heart felt million thanks to all your contributions. Much appreciated.
With regards
Ambika
Shravan · September 5, 2015 at 10:03 am
What are the flowers that the Lord loves the most?Please answer quickly. 🙂
Sivaram · September 5, 2015 at 11:06 am
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padmakumar · September 5, 2015 at 1:56 pm
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prem · September 6, 2015 at 1:45 am
We are very thankful to you for providing this. I trust we had the best pooja for Lord Sri Krishna and this could not have been done without your help. As greedy as we are 😉 we are now looking forward to Vinayaka Chathurthi pooja. May you services continue to guide us. Thanks, kumar
NADARAJA SARMA · September 7, 2015 at 8:24 am
Namaskarams
Thanks to your guidance stepwise, we could do Gokulashtami pooja to our satisfaction .
Dr G.Nadarajan
kgopalan · September 10, 2015 at 1:52 pm
kindly write the pooja vidhanam for RISHI PANCHAMI VRATHAM UTHYAPANAM DETAILS WHICH FALLS ON 18-9-2015.
Krupa Hari · September 11, 2015 at 3:32 pm
Despite having Pooja vidhanam books at home, we do struggle with the procedure and the pronunciation of the shlokas. Sri Sriram Ganapatigal’s rendering, clear instructions, clarity in pronunciation ensured that our Janmashtami pooja went very well. There was a deep sense of satisfaction. Our gratitude and pranams to Sri Sriram Ganapatigal and Vedabhavan for this gesture. We request you to do the same for the other pandigais too, if possible.
Thank you.
R.Nageswaran · August 17, 2016 at 5:00 pm
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P Vasudevan · August 22, 2016 at 10:10 pm
Respected Sir,This year me and my son performed the Yajur upakarma by listening to the MP3 made for the occasion.The mantras were recited in a slow manner for us to follow.The voice was soft and melodious.The significant aspect of the MP3 was that the significance of each part was explained in a very nice manner.Thank you for the excellent work.I have shared the link with my friends.
VENKATARAMANI K · August 23, 2016 at 9:02 am
Gokulashtami Pooja vidhanam is available only in Audio format. Will it be available in PDF format
Padmanabhan.J · August 10, 2017 at 4:02 pm
Sir,
You are doing a wonderful service by providing all Puja Vidhanam in Audio format with Detailed instruction which is very helpful for our son and daughter family ( and even for us ) who are in Far off lands.. Kindly continue your service
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