The festival of Shri Krishna Janmashtami is being celebrated with great pomp across the country. This year Janmashtami is being celebrated for two days on 6th and 7th September. On this occasion, special preparations have been made in Mathura and Vrindavan of Uttar Pradesh. Seeing the possibility of large number of devotees gathering, the district administration has made elaborate arrangements in the temples here. Especially keeping in mind the accidents that happened in the past, concrete arrangements have been made to control the crowd. On September 7 (Thursday), the festival of Krishna Janmashtami will be celebrated with peace and harmony amid tight security arrangements. This time Janmashtami is being broadcast live from Vrindavan. Which you can enjoy the special worship sitting at your home.
Last year on the occasion of Janmashtami two devotees died due to overcrowding
It may be noted that on the occasion of Janmashtami last year, two devotees including a woman died due to excessive number of devotees in the premises of Thakur Bankebihari temple in Vrindavan. ADM administration Vijay Shankar Pandey told that one zonal and seven sector magistrates have been deployed in the temple area. He told that Mathura has been divided into three zones and 17 sectors, while Vrindavan has been divided into three zones and 16 sectors.