Janmastami Pics!

My Janmastami report would be incomplete without pics, so here they are! Starting off with the beautiful Deities of course. Just see how beautiful the display was, with several gopis around, glorifying the sacred union of Radha-Gokulananda:

The Utsav-deities get ready to be "abhishek'ed" shortly before midnight:














The abhishek is happening:














The devotees are asked to hold hands and pray. The devotee in the red shirt is Bhakta Mark, a very nice thoughtful devotee:














The utsav-deities bestow their blessing of darshan to the crowds after midnight:













More pics of the (big) deities on Janmastami: