In Pics | Dahi Handi 2017: Janmashtami celebrated in Mumbai with fervour

DNA Web Team | Updated: Aug 16, 2017, 02:26 PM IST

Gokulashtami or Janmashtami is the much-awaited Hindu festival that is celebrated with a lot of gusto and gratification in various parts of the country.

Gokulashtami or Janmashtami is the much-awaited Hindu festival that is celebrated with lot of gusto and gratification in various parts of the country. Dahi handi is one of the festive events and a sport marked yearly on this occasion. Young man and women form a human pyramid to reach and break the clay pot. 

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Boys break a Dahi Handi and the curd flows down the pyramid during celebration of Janmashtami festival in Mumbai on Tuesday.Pic by: Hemant Padalkar/DNA

Girls break a Dahi Handi during celebration of Janmashtami festival in Mumbai on Tuesday.Pic by: Hemant Padalkar/DNA

Mumbai celebrates Dahi Handi and Independence Day together on tueday this year. Pic by: Hemant Padalkar/DNA

Govinda breaks a Dahi Handi during celebration of Janmashtami festival in Mumbai on Tuesday. Pic by: PTI 

A sporty event that re-enacts Lord Krishna stealling butter in his childhood.  Pic by: Hemant Padalkar/DNA

Govindas bow before forming the human pyramid to break Dahi Handi in Maharashtra on Tuesday to celebrate Gokul Ashtami. Pic by: PTI No gender 

Several injured this year and two killed in the sport event of Gokul Ashtami. Pic by: PTI

Youth forming a human pyramid to break a Dahi Handi in Mumbai. Pic by: Hemant Padalkar/DNA

A member of all women troupe breaks the Dahi Handi near the Masjid. Pic by: Hemant Padalkar/DNA

No room for gender biasness as the devotees get together to play the sporty event.  Pic by: PTI