Dahi Handi is celebrated during Gokulashtami or Krishna Janmashtami. The festival involves communities hanging an earthen pot filled with curd or other milk-based delicacy, at a height difficult to reach. Young boys form teams, make a human pyramid and attempt to break the pot.

The event is based on the legend that as a child Lord Krishna and his friends would make human pyramid to break the pot filled with curd, hung from the roof. A participant in this festival is called a govinda. It is popular in the state of Maharashtra

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