Janmashtami celebrations 2022

Students form a human pyramid to break the dahi handi during Janmashtami festival celebrations, at Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey

Devotees form a human pyramid to break the dahi handi during the celebrations of Krishna Janmashtami festival, in Mumbai

Devotees form a human pyramid to break dahi-handi, an earthen pot filled with curd suspended in the air, during the celebrations of the Janmashtami festival, in Thane

Devotees from a human pyramid to break the dahi handi during the celebrations of Krishna Janmashtami festival, at Lalbaug area in Mumbai

Security personnel keep watch during a religious procession on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami

Devotees dance during a religious procession celebrating the festival of Krishna Janmashtami

Devotees perform abhishek of Lord Krishna at an ISKCON temple on the occasion of Janmashtami, in Patna

Devotees pay obeisance to Lord Krishna at an ISKCON temple on the occasion of Janmashtami, in Patna,

Devotees offer prayers to Lord Krishna on the occasion of Janmashtami, at an ISKCON temple in New Delhi

Devotees gather to pay obeisance to Lord Krishna on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami, at an ISKCON temple in New Delhi

Devotees gather at an ISKCON temple on the occasion of Janmashtami, in Patna

Devotees arrive to pay obesiance to Lord Bankey Bihari on the occasion of Janmashtami, at the Shri Bankey Bihari temple, in Vrindavan

A devotee carrying an idol of Lord Krishna arrives during the Janmashtami festival celebrations at the Govind Dev Ji temple, in Jaipur

Devotees offer prayers at Govind Dev temple on Krishna Janmashtami festival, in Jaipur

Devotees wait to offer prayers at Krishna Janambhoomi temple on Janmashtami festival in Mathura

A women lifts a child dressed as Lord Krishna in the backdrop of illuminated Durgiana temple, on Janmashtami festival in Amritsar

Illuminated JK Temple on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami in Kanpur

A muslim woman holds a child dressed as Lord Krishna on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami in Ajmer

Laxmi Narayan Temple decorated with lights on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami in New Delhi

A boy dressed as Lord Krishna poses for a photo outside Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj terminus on Krishna Janmashtami in Mumbai

Children dressed as Lord Krishna during the celebrations of Krishna Janmashtami festival, in Hubballi

Devotees take out a religious procession to celebrate the festival of Krishna Janmashtami, in Jammu

Students dressed as Lord Krishna and Goddess Radha celebrate the festival of Janmashtami, at a school in Ahmedabad

Children dressed up as Lord Krishna pose during a competition ahead of the upcoming festival of Janmashtami, in Bhubaneswar

Students dressed up as Lord Krishna and Goddess Radha play football during Janmashtami celebrations, at a school in Patiala

Children perform ‘Uriyadi’ to celebrate the upcoming festival of Janmashtami, outside Attukal Bhagavathy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram

A woman buys an idol of Lord Krishna on the eve of Janmashtami festival, in Gurugram

An artist gives final touches to an idol of Lord Krishna ahead of the Krishna Janmashtami festival, in Nadia

An artist gives final touches to an idol of Lord Krishna ahead of the Krishna Janmashtami festival, in Bengaluru, Wednesday

An artist gives finishing touches to an idol of Lord Krishna ahead of the upcoming festival of Janmashtami, in Chennai

An artist paints a larger-than-life size model of mythological Kaliya Naag on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami, in Thiruvananthapuram