Dahi Handi: Why does Govinda's gang break the pot? What all is there in Dahi Handi, know its importance..

Inside Dahi Handi 2025: Preparations for Krishna Janmashtami are almost in the final stages. People celebrate this festival with full devotion. Apart from Janmashtami, another day is very special, which people eagerly wait for. … and that is Dahi Handi. Devotees celebrate this festival with great pomp every year. This festival, celebrated mainly in Gujarat and Maharashtra, is associated with the leelas of Kanha.

It is not just a festival, but a live celebration of the happy memories of Lord Krishna's childhood leelas, which fills the heart of every devotee with a sweet feeling of love and devotion. This year, the festival of Dahi Handi will be celebrated on Saturday, 16 August 2025. Now the question is, why does Govinda's gang break the Dahi Handi? What is there in Dahi Handi? What is the significance of Dahi-Handi? Let's know about this-

Krishna's mischiefs and the importance of the pot

When Balkrishna showed his love and playfulness by stealing curd and butter from the pot. Dahi Handi teaches us that when we are together, even in the challenges of life, no obstacle can stand in our way.

Why is the Dahi Handi festival celebrated?

According to religious belief, in the Dwapar era, Lord Krishna and all his cowherds used to steal butter from people's houses and eat it. Troubled by this, mother Yashoda and all the people started hanging the butter pot at a high place in their house, away from their reach. Then Kanha's group found a unique way to get it. The cowherds made a prism-shaped human pyramid and started reaching it easily. In this trick of extracting butter, the pot would fall and break many times. Since then, that tradition has been carried out in the form of the Dahi Handi festival.

What is there in Dahi Handi?

On this special day, a large earthen pot is filled with milk, curd, butter, fruits, honey, etc. and hung at a high place with the help of ropes. To break this pot, a group of trained young men stand on each other's shoulders and try to reach the pot. The group that breaks the pot is also given a special prize at many places.

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