Janmashtami, one of the major festivals of the Hindu community commemorating the birth of Sri Krishna, will be celebrated countrywide on Monday with due religious fervour and gaiety.
The occasion is usually observed on the eighth day (ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha in the month of Shraban or Bhadra.
The day of Janmashtami is a public holiday in Bangladesh.
Temples and religious organisations and institutions have also chalked out programmes to celebrate Janmashtami festival.
National dailies will publish special articles while Bangladesh Betar, Bangladesh Television, other private TV channels and radio stations will air special programmes highlighting various aspects of life and philosophy of Sri Krishna.
Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad and Mahanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee have taken programme to be observed centrally at Dhakeshwari national temple in Dhaka.
The programmes include Geeta Joggo at 8:00am at Dhakeshwari temple to seek blessing for the country and the nation. A historic Janmashtami procession will be brought out from Palashi intersection at 2:00pm and Krishna puja will be held in the night.
A discussion will be held before the procession.
Adviser for law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry, cultural affairs ministry and expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment ministry Asif Nazrul will join it as the chief guest.聽
Adviser for posts, telecommunications and information technology ministry and information and broadcasting ministry Md Nahid Islam will inaugurate the procession.
According to the Hindu mythology, Sri Krishna was born on the eighth day of dark fortnight in the Bangla month of Bhadra and he takes birth in ages in the world to safeguard the good and pious people from the hands of malevolent people by establishing truth, justice and beauty in the society.