Dahi Handi - Chhabildas Lane, Dadar | Govinda Ala Re

Amid chants of "Govinda ala re", thousands of Mumbaikars today celebrated 'dahi handi' festival on the occasion of Janmashtami, the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna. Piling onto their cavalcade of trucks and motorcycles, hundreds of 'Govindas (young men)' were spotted travelling to pandals to prove their mettle by breaking pots of curd hung high in bylanes of the metropolis.
'Govindas' formed human pyramids and stood on top of one another, attempting to break clay pots filled with butter or curd tied to ropes even as their efforts were thwarted by water splashed on them by those gathered around.
Hundreds of 'Govinda mandals (groups)' participated in the festival at various places in the metropolis where human pyramids were formed to reach the pots containing dahi and win cash prizes.
The festival is inspired by the mythological tale of Lord Krishna's boy-hood trick of stealing butter from a suspended earthen pot.
Almost all big 'dahi handi' events are sponsored by political leaders.
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