Dahi Handi 2025: The festival of Dahi Handi is celebrated every year after one day of Krishna Janmashtami. This festival is known as Gokulashtami. Dahi Handi reflects the life of Lord Krishna. That is why people join on this special festival and remember the pastimes of Lord Krishna.

The festival of Shri Krishna Janmashtami is being celebrated for two days in the year 2025, 15 and 16 August. The festival of Dahi Handi will be celebrated on 16 August. This festival is celebrated by bursting Matki, it is also a tradition along with sports, which is celebrated every year, especially in Maharashtra and Goa. This festival is inspired by the stories of theft of Lord Shri Krishna. In which handi is filled with curd and hanging in a high place.

Why do you celebrate Dahi Handi?

Since childhood, Shri Krishna was fond of eating Makhan. Shri Krishna along with his friends stole the Makhan of the gopis' house. To save Makhan, the gopis started tying curd and sweets in the matki at a high place in the house. Shri Krishna, along with his friends, made a pyramid and broke the matki and used to reach Makhan easily and eat Makhan. Even in today's time, people repeat the same and make a team for forming pyramids and break the matki and celebrate the festival of Dahi Handi. Various places are kept in various places for Dahi Handi and is celebrated with joy and gaiety. This festival is being celebrated from Dwapara Yuga.

To make the curd-handi competition challenging, Handi is tied in an open place several feet above and women and girls try to thwart their efforts. During this time people Govinda Ala Re! Let's do jagosha