Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik extended his best wishes on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami.
Greeting the people in Odia, the tweet read, “Heartiest and best wishes to all on the occasion of Holy Janmashtami. May the lives of all be filled with happiness and prosperity with the great mercy of Lord Krishna.”
ପବିତ୍ର ଜନ୍ମାଷ୍ଟମୀ ଅବସରରେ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ଆନ୍ତରିକ ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା ଓ ଶୁଭକାମନା। ପ୍ରଭୁ ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣଙ୍କ ଅପାର କରୁଣାରୁ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ଜୀବନ ସୁଖ, ସମୃଦ୍ଧିରେ ଭରିଯାଉ। #Janmashtami pic.twitter.com/mprm1EdOuy
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) August 30, 2021
Janmashtami or Krishna Janmashtami is an annual Hindu festival to mark the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. It is celebrated on the eighth day of the Krishna Paksha in the month of Shraavana of Bhadrapad (which overlaps with August or September of the Gregorian calendar).