Dahi handi is an important festival as it is the festival which celebrates Lord Krishna’s favourite childhood activity. Lord Krishna loved eating butter and curd and in his childhood, He used to break pots of neighbours filled with butter which were left hanging. Lord Krishna, with his friends, used to make pyramids to reach the pot and then break it to eat the tasty butter and dahi from it.
To celebrate this mischievous childhood of Lord Krishna and to symbolise teamwork and coordination and the hard work to attain your goal, this festival is celebrated.
Thane has created a world record of making a 10 tier pyramid, which has brought global recognition to this tradition.
This festival symbolises Lord Krishna’s love for butter which He, in his childhood, used to steal from neighbour’s pots which were left hanging by forming a human pyramid with his friends.
The festival also brings a symbolic meaning around it. It signifies team work and unity which is required for the pyramid formation. It also requires perseverance as the breaking of Handi symbolises overcoming any kind of hurdles and going forward with your goals. At last, it also signifies mischief and joy it brings with people enjoying the festival with fun spirit which brings Krishna’s divine joy and happiness to the celebration.
This festival originated in Maharashtra, specially in Mumbai and Thane and eventually grew in other parts of the country. Earlier Thane witnessed a record of 9 tier pyramids, with this year breaking its own record by making a 10 tier pyramid for this Dahi Handi festival.
In Thane, Vartaknagar, a world record was made as the Govinda team from Konkanagar, which is located in Jogeshwari made a 10 tier pyramid for the Dahi Handi festival on the day of Janmashtami.
Until this day, no Govinda team has been able to make a pyramid which is more than 9 tier long. Hence this year l, Thane created a history by setting a new record of 10 tier long pyramids for the festival of Dahi Handi.
This Govinda team from Konkanagar, achieved a cash amount of twenty five lakhs by creating this world record. By the early hours on the day of Janmashtami different Govinda teams from all over Mumbai and Thane gathered at the top site for Dahi Handi, to break the earlier records of making pyramids.
But out of all the teams, the Konkanagar Govinda team created a history by setting the new record of 10 tier pyramid without making any mistakes.
This Konkanagar Govinda team is well known for creating huge pyramids. This team was guided by a coach named Vivek Kochrekar. This coach has been training the team for more than 12 years and has been guiding them with utmost discipline.
Konkanagar Govinda team is known for making pyramids with hard work and coordination. This time coach Kochrekar informed them that they were able to make a 9 tier pyramid last year but this year they came with the goal of making a 10 tier pyramid and they succeeded in doing that. He also informed that his Govinda team involves five hundred fifty Govindas and they started their practice of making a 10 tier pyramid this year.
This Konkanagar Govinda team’s precise and organised approach is what led the team to set this world record of making the longest pyramid for the Dahi Handi festival on the day of Janmashtami.
It takes a huge amount of team work, strength and coordination from the people involved to build the human pyramid required to break the Dahi Handi pot.
The people who build these huge human pyramids and break the pots are called Govindas. The preparation for this festival is heavily focused on safety which is done through training by professionals and use of safe and appropriate equipment like safety nets. It also involves following rules and regulations which are strict around the height of the pyramid.
Some major activities of preparation involve intense practice done by the Govindas to make the perfect pyramid by making sure that the strongest people remain at the bottom of the pyramid and lightweight people at the top of the pyramid.
By implementing these safety measures and also involving medical teams and insurance coverage, the festival of Dahi Handi becomes a fun and playful event without causing any kind of harm to anyone.
This year, in Vartaknagar, Thane not only witnessed the longest human pyramid of 10 tier but also the presence of Spanish and other international visitors at the event of Dahi Handi.
These international visitors admired and showed happiness which they felt while seeing this huge pyramid made by the Konkanagar Govinda team.
The presence of these people shows how this new record of following the 10 tier pyramid brought global visibility to the Indian tradition of Dahi Handi and Janmashtami.
The organizers of this event also said how the formation of this 10 tier human pyramid helped in spreading our indian culture worldwide.
This festival unites people from different backgrounds to come together and achieve their goal by coordinating with each other.
The team of Govindas from Konkanagar has brought prestige to Thane and Maharashtra by building the longest human pyramid and setting a new record. It brought global visibility and international recognition to the Dahi Handi festival of Thane and Maharashtra on the day of Janmashtami.
The festival has also impacted economically to the Govinda team as they achieved twenty five lakh rupees winning amount in cash. This festival also generated tourism and sponsorship from around the world as it witnessed international visitors.
The 10-tier Dahi Handi pyramid in Thane is a historic achievement, which mixes tradition with determination. By setting a new world record, the Jogeshwari Kokan Nagar team has brought prestige to Maharashtra and India.
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