5 temples in Delhi that you can visit during Janmashtami

Delhi, India's capital is home to people from many beliefs. Janmashtami, the festival of celebrating Krishna's birth takes a vibrant colour each year here. Communities come together to celebrate Natkhat Kanha for the bright colours and playful games are infectious. These are some selected places in Delhi where you can visit if you want to make your soul blue, which is also Lord Krishna's colour.

If you want to enjoy some of Delhi's best Janmashtami special events, head to these temples-

Iskcon Temple

The Iskcon temple is one of Delhi's most well-known temples for its Janmashtami celebration. Every year this temple celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna with music, dance and a Dahi handi programme. Vedic cultural activities and kirtan are also organised every year.

This year, the temple administration has implemented safety steps in response to the coronavirus outbreak. All invitees will be subject to thermal scanning at entry points and must pass through a sanitiser shaft to enter the shrine to ensure that everyone attending the celebrations is safe.

Where: Iskcon Temple Road, Sant Nagar, East of Kailash, New Delhi
Nearest Metro Station: Kailash Colony

Birla Mandir

This temple annually hosts a huge Janamashtmi celebration. The Birla Temple is one of the main tourist and local attractions in the nation's capital. Thousands of devotees visit the temple on Janmashtami every year.
Where: Mandir Marg, near Gole Market, New Delhi
Nearest Metro Station: RK Ashram

Geeta Gayatri Dham

The Geeta Gayatri Dham temple, which is devoted to Vedmata Gayatri and Lord Krishna, was constructed by the Satyam Shivam Sundaram society. It contains a big prayer hall with statues of gods and goddesses.
Where: South City 1, Sector 40, Gurgaon
Nearest Metro Station: Huda City Center Metro Station.

Chattarpur Temple

Chattarpur Temple is one of the largest temple complexes in Delhi. Although it is devoted to Katyayani Devi, Goddess Durga's sixth carnation, it also contains additional little shrines to other Hindu gods, one of whom is Lord Krishna. The Chattarpur Temple hosts one of the city's largest Janmashtami festivals each year.

Where: 352, Main Chattarpur Road, New Delhi
Nearest Metro Station: Chattarpur Metro Station

Akshardham Temple

The Akshardham Temple, a popular tourist destination, conducts a lavish celebration for all the devotees on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami and is gorgeously decorated. Given that the temple's structure is made of marble and pink sandstone, it is magnificent structurally. One of the best locations for taking part in this well-known Hindu celebration.
Where: Noida Road, Pandav Nagar, New Delhi
Nearest Metro Station: Akshardham Metro Station