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Janmashtami 2022: Mumbai Girls Participate In Dahi Handi Competition - WATCH

The competition emulates the story of Lord Krishna and his friends creating a human pyramid to steal butter or curd from pots which were hung at a height by the women in Vrindavan.

New Delhi: A team of girls participated in a Dahi Handi competition, on Friday, in Dadar Nakshatra Lane, Mumbai on the occasion of Janmashtami. In the video, the girls can be seen forming a human pyramid to break the earthen pot filled with milk-based food hanging mid-air.

The Dahi Handi competition is popular in Maharashtra and Gujarat and is also known as Utlotsavam. The participants (called Govindas), dressed in colourful attire, make human pyramids to reach an earthen pot containing milk-based food suspended mid-air, and break it. It symbolises victory through unity. The competition emulates the story of Lord Krishna and his friends creating a human pyramid to steal butter or curd from pots which were hung at a height by the women in Vrindavan.

The festival is being celebrated on full-scale this year after a two-year gap due to the Covi-19 pandemic. 

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Last month, the Maharashtra government announced that there would be no restrictions on celebrating religious festivals, including Dahi Handi and Ganesh Chaturthi, this year.

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, on Thursday, 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 participants of Dahi Handi events to apply for government jobs under the sports quota.

Participants or their families will be provided with compensation in case of fatal or other injuries suffered by the participants during the formation of human pyramids, the CM said on the eve of the festival.

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