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Janmashtami festivities Dahi Handi a popular sport in and around Mumbai with several places offering a huge money. Janmashtami Govindas are young men who form a human pyramid to reach to break the ‘dahi handi’ or pot of curd suspended high.
As per the latest reports Mumbai’s Thane city have announced a Rs.25 lakh prize money for the Govindas.
Bhagwan – Lord Krishna birthday celebrations celebrated as Janmashtami on Wednesday, the next day Gopal Kala, which means to eat Different Variety of Foods mixed together – as per the Krishna is believed to have done with his cowherd friends.The most popular Dahi Handi celebartions will be held at Dadar and Worli, in central Mumbai. This mega event is expected to continue throughout the day and late into the night.
Krishna Janmashtmi is observed on the Ashtami tithi, the eighth day of the dark half or Krishna Paksha of the month of Shravan in the Hindu calendar, when the Rohini Nakshatra is ascendant. In 2010, the festival Janmastmi will be celebrated on 2nd September.
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Dahi Handi is observed a day after Sri Krishna Jayanti mainly in Maharashtra and Goa. In 2010, the date of Dahi Handi is September 2. Sri Krishna Jayanti in Maharashtra is on September 1. On the day young boys and girls form human pyramids to break open the Dahi Handi pots hung high above. The young men and women re-enact one of the favorite pastime of Lord Krishna – his stealing of Dahi from pots in houses in Vrindavan.
This ritual is also known as Gopalakala and the Dahi Handi pot which is hung at a considerable height is an open challenge to the young boys and girls in the area. The competition is organized by various organizations and societies.
The Dahi Handi pot contains Dahi poha – a mixture of beaten rice (poha), curd, sugar and pickle. The pot is also decorated with flowers and currency notes.
The young boys in the region form human pyramids, sometimes reaching up to eleven stories, to reach the pot.
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