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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Ashtami''' (अष्टमी ''aṣṭhamī'') is the eighth day ([[Tithi]]) of Hindu lunar calendar.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120517182001/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-01/lucknow/31270244_1_goddess-durga-kanya-pujan-devotees-in-large-numbers Ashtami ] The eighth day of the Navaratra</ref><br />
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== Festivals ==<br />
===Krishna Janmashtami===<br />
[[Krishna Janmashtami]] or Gokul Ashtami is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord [[Krishna]], an avatar of Hindu deity Vishnu.<ref name="Srinivasan2011">{{cite book|author=Srinivasan|title=Hinduism For Dummies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GnvXy2RlqrcC&pg=PA241|access-date=19 May 2012|series='''Krishna Janmashtami'''|date=12 July 2011|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|isbn=978-0-470-87858-3|pages=241–}}</ref><br />
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Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the Ashtami tithi, the eighth day of the dark half or Krishna Paksha of the month of Bhaadra in the Hindu calendar, when the Rohini Nakshatra is ascendant. Rasa lila or dramatic enactments of the life of Krishna are a special feature in regions of [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh|Mathura]], and [[Vrindavan]], [[Nalbari]] and regions following Vaishnavism in Manipur.<ref name="Wilhelm">{{cite book|author=Ernst Wilhelm|title=Classical Muhurta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3zMPFJy6YygC&pg=PA36|access-date=19 May 2012|series='''Ashtami'''|publisher=Kala Occult Publishers|isbn=978-0-9709636-2-8|pages=36–}}</ref><br />
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===Trilochan Ashtami===<br />
[[File:WLA vanda Shiva Nataraja.jpg|thumb|right|80px|Three-eyed, ''Trilochana'' (त्रिलोचन) Nataraj Image of [[Shiva]]]]<br />
Trilochana Ashtami or Trilochanashtami (त्रिलोचन अष्टमी), is a [[Hindu]] auspicious day dedicated to Lord [[Shiva]] and Goddess [[Parvati]] celebrated in [[Odisha]] and different parts of India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dharm.raftaar.in/Religion/Hinduism |title=Hindu Dharma Festivals |access-date=2012-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520174206/http://dharm.raftaar.in/religion/hinduism |archive-date=2012-05-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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''Tri''(त्रि) means Three and ''lochan''(लोचन) means Eye. Hence one who having three eyes is called as Trilochan (त्रिलोचन) literally means to Shiva, three-eyed, that is, indication of the present, past and future.<ref name="Sharma2001">{{cite book|author=Kamal Prashad Sharma|title=Maṇimahesh Chambā Kailāsh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qFUa0rH0yUcC&pg=PA135|access-date=19 May 2012|series='''Trilochanashtami (त्रिलोचन अष्टमी)'''|date=1 August 2001|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-118-4|pages=135–}}</ref><br />
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===Bhairava Ashtami===<br />
[[Bhairava Ashtami]] or Kalabhairava Ashtami commemorating the day [[Kal Bhairav]], a fierce manifestation of [[Shiva]], appeared on earth, is celebrated on [[Krishna paksha]] Ashtami of the [[Margashirsha]] month with a day special prayers and rituals.<ref>{{cite book |title=Religious Basis Of Hindu Beliefs|author= Dr. Bhojraj Dwivedi|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. |year= 2006|isbn=8128812394 |page=172 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7wmqKuHFWWgC&pg=PA172&dq=Kal+Bhairav&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n7zAT43dEsfrrQe115zdCQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=Kal%20Bhairav&f=false}}</ref><br />
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===Sheetala Ashtami===<br />
[[Sheetala Ashtami]] is dedicated to the goddess [[Shitala]] or Sheetala.<br />
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===Radhastami===<br />
[[Radhastami]] is celebrated by Krishna devotees as the appearance anniversary of Srimati Radharani<br />
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