The festival of Krishna Janmashtami Dahi Handi is celebrated on next day of Janmashtami in various parts of India and especially in Thane, Mumbai, Raipur, Pune, and Vrindavan. This year, the Dahi Handi festival will be celebrated on 7 September 2023 and you can watch it on YouTube too!
Here’s when Krishna Janmashtami Dahi Handi will be celebrated in 2023:
- Alternate name: Utlotsavam, Sikhyotsavam
- Observed by: Hindus
- Celebration Timeline: 1 day
- Observances Fasting, praying, making a human pyramid and breaking an earthen pot filled with curd tied at a convenient/difficult height
- Dahi Handi 2023: 7 September
- Date: Shravan, Krishna Paksha, Navami
- Related to Lord Krishna
- Avg Height: 20 Feet from Ground
What happens on dahi handi festival?
This festival is treat like a sport, hence a playground is selected (called maidan) and in the middle of that a handi filled with Dahi, Milk, Dry Fruits is tied at a height of 20 feet above the ground.
The top of ground are is well crafted and decorated with flowers, colorful green leaves, ribbons, tinsel foil. In some areas, a colorful deign is created with the help of long dupatta. In open ground where ceiling is not available, a designs is created with the help of multiple dupattas and this looks awesome.
The whole setup is done in different areas in an open ground all over the India.
This is the initial celebration and thereafter people dance on the ground later they form a human pyramid with the participants standing on each other’s shoulders and attempting to break pot filled with curd suspended at a certain height.
Krishna Janmashtami Dahi Handi Video
The ritual symbolizes Lord Krishna as a child and his mischievous attempt to steal butter from his neighbor’s houses. As per mythological stories, Lord Krishna and his friends used to form human pyramids to reach and break the pots hanging on the roofs of nearby houses. Their goal was to steal the curd and butter and add a mischievous touch to their efforts.
Check out the video of Dahi Handi below:
So to observe the same, Dahi Handi festival is celebrated and various part of India and in some areas, this festival is celebrated as sport and a prize money is also given to participants.
