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Dahi Handi

The Festival of Janmaashtami
by
Palash Vaswani
IDC, IIT Bombay
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  • Govinda Pathak breaking the handi – Curry road

  • Govinda Aala Re Aala

  • Handi filled with a mixture of milk, dry fruits, ghee

  • Govindas traveling on trucks to different places to break Handis

  • Handi in chawls

  • Showcasing the spirit of Govinda
     

  • Grip

  • In the spirit of janmashtmi

  • Kid govindas

  • Govinda on streets of mumbai

  • Forming a human pyramid

  • On the top

Govinda Pathak breaking the handi – Curry road

Govinda Aala Re Aala

Handi filled with a mixture of milk, dry fruits, ghee

Govindas traveling on trucks to different places to break Handis

Handi in chawls

Showcasing the spirit of Govinda
 

Grip

In the spirit of janmashtmi

Kid govindas

Govinda on streets of mumbai

Forming a human pyramid

On the top

Janmashtami is celebrated as Dahi Handi in Mumbai with enormous zeal and enthusiasm. This is also called as Gopalkala. Dahi Handi generally takes place on the second day of Janmashtami. An earthen pot containing a mixture of milk, dry fruits, ghee is hung around 20-30 feet high in the air with the help of a rope. Enthusiastic young men form a human pyramid by standing one on top of the other, trying to break the pot. Onlookers throw water on the young men to prevent them from doing so. Breaking of the pot is followed by prize distribution. Devotees believe the broken pieces of the earthen pot will keep away mice and negative powers from their homes.

Various handis are set up locally in several parts of the city, and groups of youngsters, called Govinda, travel around in trucks trying to break as many handis as possible during the day. Not only young men but girls too jump onto the streets for breaking handis.

Some of the famous handis are at Dadar, Lower Parel, Worli, Mazgaon, Lalbaug, and Thane. Cash and gifts are offered for Govinda troops (Pathak) to participate; for over 4000 handis in Mumbai, 2000 Govinda troops compete for the prizes. Nearly every big dahi handi is affiliated to a political party. Higher cash prize means larger crowd. The attractive prize money, presence of film stars and live performers is lending a glamour quotient to the festival.

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Govinda Pathak breaking the handi – Curry road

Govinda Aala Re Aala

Handi filled with a mixture of milk, dry fruits, ghee

Govindas traveling on trucks to different places to break Handis

Handi in chawls

Showcasing the spirit of Govinda
 

Grip

In the spirit of janmashtmi

Kid govindas

Govinda on streets of mumbai

Forming a human pyramid

On the top


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