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Govinda was started somewhere in the eighteenth century in Girgaum in Mumbai. Originally the sport was a religious ceremony to celebrate the birth of the Hindu god Krishna.. On Krishna birthd
ay, earthen pot filled with Dahi i.e.; curd and butter and other eatables preferably bananas would be hung at a suitable height, and Govindas make a human pyramid under the pot and then a little boy most probably the youngest child would climb over them, reach the pot and then break it.
Mr Pratap Sarnaik organized this Dahi Handi extravaganza and was in total command , this was his show he played his part to the hilt, the crowds loved him ..
About Mr Pratap Sarnaik from his website
pratapsarnaik.com/en/profile.htm
Profile of Mr. Pratap Sarnaik
Mr. Pratap Sarnaik was born in Maharshtrian middle class family in 1964 at Vardha. His father Mr. Baburao Sarnaik migrated to Mumbai.
Mr. Pratap Sarnaik attended the Pendharkar College in Dombivli. Since his college days he is involved in the social work. Naturally, liking for social service and helping needy people made him to join the Students Movement during his college days.
Mr. Pratap Sarnaik was the active member of NSUI during his college arena.
His first foray into the direct electoral politics was the T.M.C. election of 1997. In this election Mr. Pratap Sarnaik, became corporator of T.M.C. for the first time.
During his first stint as corporator between 1997 to 2002 Mr. Pratap Sarnaik completed the public works worth Rs. 34 Cr. in ward no 72.
In 2004 also Mr. Pratap Sarnaik got elected as corporator of T.M.C. for the second time with the thumbing margin of 4116 votes.
In the T.M.C. elections held in February 2007 Mr. Pratap Sarnaik has become corporator for the record third time. In this election also his victory was convincing. His victory was so decisive that his opponents in the election lost their deposits.
As an elected public representative in T.M.C. Mr. Pratap Sarnaik’s main thrust is to provide unparallel amenities and facilities to the Thaneites.
Mr. Pratap Sarnaik undoubtedly is one of the most popular public figures in the political arena of Thane city. His party office is always thronged by the public. Lot of people come to Mr. Pratap Sarnaik with their variety of problems and demands. Mr. Pratap Sarnaik does his level best to satisfy the same. Always the visitors who come to his office go back with smile on their faces. This tells volumes about his hard efforts, sincerity and honesty to solve the problems of the people in his ward.
I capture this image during janmashtami festival at my hometown Ahmedabad.the young boys get participention in the competition of DAHI HANDI in the picture a young boy Pragnesh brocken the Handi from his head.
The guys on the lower layers often face the hard grind of supporting the huge pyramid literally on their shoulders. The key here is for the support guys to bolster the base of the pyramid by lending support. Here you see guys on the second layer holding the feet of the guys on the third layer. It's this support that separates a good 'govinda' from a ragtag bunch of pretenders.
Janmashthami, popularly known as Dahi Handi is celebrated with enormous zeal and enthusiasm where various handis are set up locally in almost every nook and corner of the city, and groups of youngsters, called Govindas (Troupes of Lord Krishna) travel around to break as many handis as possible during the day. More than 400 organisations set up dahi handis all over the city.
Dahi Handi is a popular ceremony held on the second day of Janmashthami, the festival celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna. The word ‘dahi’ means ‘curd,’ while ‘handi’ means pot. These words refer to the pot of curd, which is to be claimed as a prize during this special ceremony.
This ceremony actually reenacts the childhood pranks of Lord Krishna, who had a special affinity towards milk and butter. The lord along with his friends used to steal milk and butter from the houses in their village. Usually these food items would be hung from the roof beams to keep them out of reach. The Lord along with his friends used to form a human pyramid and reach the food items and steal them.
These photos caputure the festivity of Dahi Handi (pot of curd), which is popular in Maharashtra to celebrate.Janmashtami, the birth day of Lord Krishna. In the month of August- September.
Krishna would love to eat butter and curd, this would be kept in pots hanging from the roof tops.
So as a child he and his friend would form a human pyramid (just like in the photos) to reach the pots and steal the butter. He would enter the houses of the many gopis and carry out his mischief. In spite of this he was loved by one and all.
There are many folk tales and songs spun around this story and are very popular all over India.
This is called Dahi Handi in Maharashtra, were people will tie the dahi handi along with some cash award. During the day various groups come and take the challenge by building mult-story human layers.
At the place were I took these photos the qualifying levels were seven human layers.
In the evening the qualified groups take the challenge of going even higher. At this place the max layers which were made was 9 human layer. This is believed to be a world record.
Govindas or Gopis await their turn to perform the heroic task of breaking the Handi ( pot ). The cloth tied across their back helps them to grip while forming the human pyramid as they climb up standing on each others shoulders.This govinda has got the picture Mr.Milind Deora a young parliamentarian representing South Mumbai, imprinted on the back of his T-Shirt. Political parties have made inroads into this event by sponsoring T-Shirts and Handis.
I met thhis group at Lalbagh, initially I asked them for a lift up to Dadar to shoot my usual haunt at Ranade Road, that I have been shooting for several years.
The leaders Datta and Saddha Joshi said they were going to Bhoiwada and next to Mr Sachin Ahirs dahi handi at Worli.
I immediately decided to forget Ranade Road and hitch my camera with this Mandal.
A decision that saw me reaching Thane with them to see their world record breaking achievement at Mr Pratap Sarnaiks Dahi handi at Vartak Nagar.
I dedicate this set of their pictures to their fighting spirit at Flickr as ths is is a very long series I wont cross bklog all the pictures at my other sites.
So you have to besigned in to see this lot at my Flickr ..photostream.
This Mandal was victoriously led by Yeshwant Jadhav Shiv Sena Corporator of Mazgaon and their erstwhile MLA Bal Nandgaonkar.
I capture this image during janmashtami festival at my hometown Ahmedabad.the young boys get participention in the competition of DAHI HANDI in the picture a young boy Pragnesh brocken the Handi from his head.
These photos caputure the festivity of Dahi Handi (pot of curd), which is popular in Maharashtra to celebrate.Janmashtami, the birth day of Lord Krishna. In the month of August- September.
Krishna would love to eat butter and curd, this would be kept in pots hanging from the roof tops.
So as a child he and his friend would form a human pyramid (just like in the photos) to reach the pots and steal the butter. He would enter the houses of the many gopis and carry out his mischief. In spite of this he was loved by one and all.
There are many folk tales and songs spun around this story and are very popular all over India.
This is called Dahi Handi in Maharashtra, were people will tie the dahi handi along with some cash award. During the day various groups come and take the challenge by building mult-story human layers.
At the place were I took these photos the qualifying levels were seven human layers.
In the evening the qualified groups take the challenge of going even higher. At this place the max layers which were made was 9 human layer. This is believed to be a world record.
I start a new series of pictures I shot on Janmashtami, dahi handi, near Lalbagh I met the guys from Ganeshotsav Mandal Talwadi Mazgaon, I hitched my wagon to these guys and was with them till the end where they broke the world record by accomplishing a 9 tier human pyramid, mind you this is a very long series..