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Celebs relive Janmashtami traditions with their kids
Festivals offer a chance to teach kids about compassion, community building, togetherness and unity in diversity as celebrations generate curiosity among children. Like every parent, celebrities, too, try to explain the significance and importance of festivals to their kids.
Actor Shweta Tiwari, mother to four-year-old Reyansh celebrates Janmashtami every year and says, “My mother makes home-made makhan at home and every time she feeds my son, she tells him the story of baby Krishna and how he would climb up to steal makhan from matkis. Reyaansh knows about Krishnaji. So in big and small ways, we are trying teach our kids about the festivals of India.”
She adds her son is gets curious about festivals and the rituals and traditions associated with them.
Actor Saurabh Raaj Jain, father to four-year-old twins, Hrishivh and Hrishika feels kids learn and understand about festivals through stories. This year, he looks forward to celebrating Janmashtami at home while fasting and later feasting, too. He says, “My mother’s stories about Janmashtami make the kids curious. Through stories, they learn about ancient texts and teachings in the most enjoyable manner.”
Actor Karan Patel’s says wife, actor Ankita Bhargava Patel has been teaching their one-year-old daughter Mehr about festivals of India.
“This Janmashtami will be about prayers, good food and spending time with family. Right now, for her festivals mean food, clothes, agarbatti and praying with folded hands. I am sure with time she will begin to understand.”