Krishna Jayanthi

All over India, amongst Hindus, Lord Krishna's birthday is celebrated with great fervour. However, if you hear about his features he may not fit the traditional Indian 'look'. He is supposed to have been very dark, with curly hair, very strong and brave, very attractive, etc and no doubt he had many girl friends. So these features fit a person of African ancestory. Mind you, in ancient times people from various continents had robust trade and exchange of culture and welcomed everyone. Only in our modern times we need a visa, passport or other identification to even step out of the house.

Did Krishna have African ancestory? May be he did. But Krishna is celebrated as a child and his devotees 'offer' him all sorts of goodies on his birthday. Anyway, it is a good excuse for celebration. Footprints of a child are marked on the floor right from the doorstep to the prayer room in the house wihich is filled with the goodies. Radhesh took this video and I thought it was very nice.