Dahi Handi Festival

Dahi Handi, which is part of Krishna Janmashtami festival, is likely to be celebrated on a grand scale across Maharashtra, especially in Mumbai and its neighbouring areas, on Friday after a pandemic-induced gap of two years. As part of the festival, youngsters (called Govindas), dressed in colourful attire, make human pyramids to reach an earthen pot containing buttermilk suspended mid-air, and break it. It symbolises victory through unity. The festival is celebrated on a large scale in Mumbai metropolitan areas. The Maharashtra government had last month announced that there would be no restrictions on celebrating religious festivals, including Dahi Handi and Ganesh Chaturthi, this year. In the last two years, the celebrations were hampered due to the COVID-19 restrictions. On Thursday, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced in the state Legislative Assembly that the government has decided to accord adventure sport status to Dahi Handi. The adventure sport tag will allow young ...

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Krishna Janmashtami 2022 is round the corner. Where can you celebrate Dahi Handi? How can you celebrate Dahi Handi? What is the history behind Dahi Handi? Read this article to know more

Krishna Janmashtami 2022 is round the corner. Where can you celebrate Dahi Handi? How can you celebrate Dahi Handi? What is the history behind Dahi Handi? Read this article to know more

The grim shadow of Covid-19 crisis was visible on Dahi Handi festivities in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra as mandals opted for low-key celebrations

As Bombay HC relaxed bar on human pyramid heights, celebrations were organised with full gusto

Should the Supreme Court, already burdened by backlogs of cases involving issues of national importance, which are awaiting their turn to even be heard for decades, be willing to entertain and decide the maximum height of the human pyramid? The human pyramid is part of the dahi-handi ritual on Janmashtami in Maharashtra.There are reports now of some groups openly defying such a limit fixed by the apex court, creating a piquant situation for itself as well as for the agencies that comply with judicial direction from the highest court of the land.If indeed such reports are true, will the court proceed against those found violating its direction? While refusing a plea for raising the 20-foot height, the court seemed concerned about reports of spinal cord injuries caused by such human pyramids. The question that arises is: Should for the same reason all adventure sports be also banned?S K Choudhury BengaluruLetters can be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to:The Editor, Business StandardNehru

Hearing a PIL, the Bombay High Court had directed the state government to approach the apex court on its order on height of human pyramids

Maharashtra govt is seeking clarification on participation of a youth below 18-years in a 'Dahi-Handi' ritual and formation of human pyramid above 20 feet