ISKCON, Mysuru, is observing a month-long festival of lights called ‘Damodara Deepotsava’. The festival began on October 9 and will go on till November 8.
The festival will be held every day from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
A press release from ISKCON said the festival is celebrated in commemoration of a delightful childhood pastime of Lord Krishna in Gokula. The pastime made Krishna famous by the name Damodara – ‘Dama’ means rope and ‘udara’ means belly. Hence, Damodara is the special form of Krishna, as a baby tied with rope around his belly to a wooden grinding mortar, the release added.
