Category Archives: festivals

Dahi Handi – Janmashtami

The festival season has begun… With Janmashtami on Aug 31st,the festival spirit has started for good. In Pune,the birth of Krishna is celebrated with something called dahi-handi,literally meaning clay pots of curd.As the night progresses,stalls are erected by ‘friend circles’ and after street dances for some time by many sober and a few not so