More than 50,000 devotees expected to visit Mayapur premises of ISKCON occasion of Janmashtami

More than 50,000 devotees are expected to visit the Mayapur premises of ISKCON on the occasion of the three-day Janmashtami festival from September 2, an ISKCON statement said.

Several spiritual, devotional and cultural programmes will be held during the period. Janmashtami will be celebrated with traditional enthusiasm and gaiety in all the 700 centers of ISKCON across the world, the statement issued from the ISKCON's headquarters at Mayapur in Nadia district said. The statement said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed his best wishes to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on the occasion of Janmashtami.

In a letter, the Prime Minister said: "I am sure that the festival will fill the minds of all devotees with spiritual fulfillment and greater enthusiasm for service of humanity."

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