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Nag Nathaiya Festival 2024 in Varanasi in Kartik Month – Nag Nathaiya or Sri Krishna Lila of defeating Serpent Kaliya

Nag Nathaiya is observed at the Tulsi Ghat in Varanasi in Kartik Month as per traditional North Indian calendar. It is observed on the 4 th day during the Shukla Paksha or waxing phase of moon in Kartik mahina. Nag Nathaiya 2024 date is November 5. It must be noted that numerous rituals and festivals associated with Lord Krishna are observed in Kartik Month in North India and Nag Nathaiya is one among them. Also known as Nag Nathan, Nag Nathaiya is dedicated to the famous divine action of Lord Krishna taming Serpent Kaliya who was poisoning the Yamuna River in Vrindavan. This wonderful leela of Lord Krishna is enacted in the afternoon of the Kartik Shukla Paksha Chaturthi on the Ghats of Varanasi. Thousands of people arrive to witness the event. A major highlight of the performance on Tulsi Ghat is the boy enacting the role of Sri Krishna jumping into the Ganga and then resurfacing on the top of a seven-hooded black serpent Kaliya propelled by humans.

Brahma Bindu Upanishad Quotes

Brahma Bindu Upanishad is one of the minor Upanishads and is similar to Amrita Bindu Upanishad.  (Mind) moved by lust is impure; free of lust it is pure. Cows are many-colored; the milk (of all) has but one color. Like ghee remaining hidden within milk (which is brought out by churning it with a churn), the knowledge (of the self) is remaining hidden within every being. That should be attained only through the process of churning with the mind as the churn. The wise one, keen in the knowledge and experience rather than the book reading, should, after such reading get rid of such books and reading like the one who, interested only in the grains thrashing the crop and getting rid of the crop to retain only the grain. Brahma Bindu Upanishad