Jhulan Purnima · Jhulan Yatra Festival The last of the five days of the Jhulan Yatra, when Radha and Krishna are put on a decorated swing and rocked evening after evening through the bright fortnight of Shravan.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Jhulan Purnima · Jhulan Yatra
- हिन्दी
- झूलन पूर्णिमा
- বাংলা
- ঝুলন পূর্ণিমা · রাখি পূর্ণিমা
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What the day is
The last of the five days of the Jhulan Yatra, when Radha and Krishna are put on a decorated swing and rocked evening after evening through the bright fortnight of Shravan. Mayapur, Nabadwip and the Vaishnava houses build the swing and set small clay tableaux around it, and children make jhulan sets at home as they would a doll's house. The rakhi is tied on the same full moon, and the rakhi bandhan Tagore called for in 1905 across the partition of Bengal is remembered with it.
- Deity
- Krishna, Radha
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
The rule in words
Shravan Purnima at sunrise, the last of the five swing days; the swing is rocked in the evening.
The fast
No fast is kept. Sweets, khichuri bhog and the payesh of the Purnima are offered.
Where the regions differ
Bengal, Odisha and Braj keep the swing; Maharashtra keeps the same full moon as Narali Purnima, the coastal south and the Deccan as the Upakarma, and the north as Raksha Bandhan.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.