Krishna Janmashtami 2022: Dahi Handi festivities grip Lord Krishna devotees | Pics
Krishna Janmashtami 2022: Dahi Handi festivities have gripped Lord Krishna devotees as India celebrates Janmashtami festival.
Lord Krishna devotees' throng to temples across the country to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami. Krishna Janmashtami is celebrated every year to mark the birth of Lord Krishna. On Krishna Janmashtami, Dahi Handi events are organised in different cities with the major attractions being in Mumbai and other Maharashtra towns.
Govindas (mostly young boys) make human pyramid to break a pot filled with yogurt and butter.
Devotees arrive to pay obeisance to Lord Bankey Bihari on the occasion of Janmashtami, at the Shri Bankey Bihari temple, in Vrindavan, Friday. Pic: PTI
Devotees form a human pyramid to break Dahi Handi, an earthen pot filled with curd suspended in the air, during the celebrations of the Janmashtami festival at Dadar, in Mumbai, Friday. Pic: PTI
Devotees offer prayers at the submerged Bade Hanuman temple near Sangam as the water level of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers continues to stay high in the ongoing monsoon season, in Prayagraj, Friday. Pic: PTI
Devotees gather at an ISKCON temple on the occasion of Janmashtami, in Patna. Pic: PTI
Devotees perform pooja of Lord Krishna at an ISKCON temple on the occasion of Janmashtami, in Patna, Friday. Pic: PTI
Devotees from a human pyramid to break the Dahi Handi during the celebrations of Krishna Janmashtami festival, at Lalbaug area in Mumbai, Friday. Pic: PTI