Saturday, December 15, 2012

Dahi handi, Thane

Dahi handi, Thane

 

No dahi handi is as big and glamourous as the ones organised in Thane every year. The handis carry huge cash prizes, ranging from Rs50,000 to Rs80 lakh. Thane's dahi handi attracts govinda mandals from across Maharashtra and abroad.
Moreover, these handis are organised by the city's well-known politicians such as Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik (Sanskruti) and Nationalist Congress Party MLA Jitendra Awhad (Sangharsh), among others.
Celebrations become more colourful when organisers try to outdo each other by inviting film stars and organising dance performances by famous dance troupes.
In fact, Thane's dahi handi made it to the Guinness Book of Records this year for the tallest human pyramid.

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