Janmashtami Jhanki (1)
On the day of Janmashtami ( celebration of Krishna's birthday), kids here delineate with bricks a space in the street against a wall of their house, cover it with sand and place as many figurines of gods and goddess as they have. they put lights and often install a sort of fountain (symbol of the Yamuna river, I suppose). In the middle of the "Jhanki" they put a cradle with a figurine of Krishna on it, a dish and an oil lamp. Pay one rupee and you can pull the rope and swing Krishna's cradle...I have seen dozen of them in the streets around here in Safdarjung.
Janmashtami Jhanki (1)
On the day of Janmashtami ( celebration of Krishna's birthday), kids here delineate with bricks a space in the street against a wall of their house, cover it with sand and place as many figurines of gods and goddess as they have. they put lights and often install a sort of fountain (symbol of the Yamuna river, I suppose). In the middle of the "Jhanki" they put a cradle with a figurine of Krishna on it, a dish and an oil lamp. Pay one rupee and you can pull the rope and swing Krishna's cradle...I have seen dozen of them in the streets around here in Safdarjung.