Blogs — Balarama Jayanti

He carried a plough, not a sword. He never claimed a throne, never asked to be remembered first. And yet, without him, an entire pilgrimage to spiritual understanding is said to fall apart. This is Lord Balarama — Krishna's elder brother, quieter in the myths but no less powerful — and in 2026, his appearance day, Balarama Jayanti, falls on Wednesday, September 16, the same day as Raksha Bandhan. Followers of the Bhadrapada Ashtami, largely across West and South India along with ISKCON communities worldwide, mark it on this date; North India instead observes it as Hal Sasthi or Baldev Chhath...