Genius Handi 2024: Today, the festival of Dahi Handi will be celebrated with great pomp in many parts of the country. The festival of Dahi Handi is celebrated every year on the ninth day of the Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada. This festival comes every year on the next day of Shri Krishna Janmashtami. The festival of Dahi Handi is based on the childhood antics of Lord Krishna. In this festival, a pot of curd is hung high. Then a group of Govindas try to break this pot of curd tied high.
Importance of Dahi Handi (Dahi Handi 2024 Significance)
The tradition of celebrating the festival of Dahi Handi is coming from the Dwapar era. This festival reminds us of the childhood antics of Lord Krishna. Just as Lord Krishna used to break the pot to steal butter in his childhood form, similarly, his devotees celebrate this festival by breaking the pot of curd remembering the playful antics of Kanhaiya.
According to mythological beliefs, in the Dwapar era, Lord Shri Krishna used to steal butter and sugar candy with his friends in his childhood and distribute it among his friends. That is why Kanha is also called butter thief. It is said that due to fear of butter being stolen, the Gopis used to hang the pot of butter at a high place in the house. But Kanhaiya used to steal butter with the help of his friends.
This festival is celebrated with great pomp in many places of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh like Mathura, Vrindavan and Gokul. On this festival, the program of breaking the curd pot goes on for hours. Colors fly everywhere. There are showers of water. After a lot of hard work, Govinda succeeds in breaking the curd pot.
How is Dahi Handi festival celebrated? (Dahi Handi 2024 Festival)
The festival of Dahi Handi is celebrated with great enthusiasm and joy. On this day, a pot filled with curd is tied with a rope and hung at a height. Then the Govindas in a group try to break the curd handi tied at a high place by climbing on each other’s shoulders one by one. A coconut is also placed on top of this curd handi. Govinda breaks the curd handi with this coconut.
