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Happy Janmashtami 2021: Significance of Dahi Handi celebration during Janmashtami
Dahi handi (a pot of curd) can be one kind of celebrating the event. It has change into a festive ritual and is well known primarily in states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. On the day of Janmashtami, group of younger boys kind a human pyramid and try to interrupt an earthen pot crammed with dahi. The pot is positioned at a peak of round 30 ft from the bottom.
The ritual of breaking the pot of curd represents lord Krishna’s childhood days and legends of him stealing butter, ghee and curd as a child. He cherished dairy merchandise and would typically steal them and that is why he was additionally known as ‘Makhan Chor’ which interprets to butter thief. To cover such meals gadgets, it’s believed that the neighborhood girls hid the milk merchandise and hung them in pots at peak, he couldn’t simply attain.
Nonetheless, the child-god Krishna and his associates would get collectively and kind human pyramids to interrupt hung pots and steal the milk merchandise. Through the years, Dahi Handi has change into a ritual of Krishna Janmashtami. The ritual imitates Krishna’s childhood days. The group of boys are known as mandals and so they go round totally different localities to interrupt the handi. Usually there may be additionally a value to interrupt the pot and has change into a enjoyable solution to rejoice the pageant.
(Final yr’s Dahi Handi celebration at evening in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra)