Govardhan Puja 2019 In Chandigarh

About Chandigarh City - Sector-17, Chandigarh

Govardhan Puja (Annakut Puja) or Bali Pratipada is a Hindu festival that is usually held a day after the main Diwali in the month of Kartik. Depending on the lunar cycles, there is sometimes a one day gap between Diwali and Govardhan Puja.

Govardhan Puja is celebrated as the day Lord Krishna defeated the God Indra.

Devotees celebrate Govardhan Puja by preparing a large variety of vegetarian food such as wheat, rice, curry of gram flour and leafy vegetables in order to offer them to Lord Krishna.