India, Aug. 16 -- Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 17 (ANI) A large number of devotees gathered at midnight prayers to celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna on the occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami at the ISKCON Temple in West Bengal's Kolkata.

The festival was marked with devotion and enthusiasm across the country.

At ISKCON Kolkata, the celebrations drew massive crowds.

"Today is the most important festival. Janmashtami is being celebrated in 1100 ISKCON temples... Devotees of ISKCON are celebrating Janmashtami with great pomp and show. Today we also observe fast...Arrangements for prasad have been made for everyone in all our ISKCON temples," he said.

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