When is Dahi Handi in 2024? Why is this festival celebrated, know the date and importance

Dahi Handi 2024: Dahi Handi, also known as Gopal Kala, is a festival mainly associated with the leelas of Lord Krishna. Every year the festival of Dahi Handi is celebrated on the next day of Krishna Janmashtami.

In the festival of Dahi Handi, a clay pot is filled with curd and hung on a rope and a group of Govindas form a pyramid and break the pot. Let us know when Dahi Handi will be celebrated this year in 2024.

Dahi Handi 2024 (Dahi Handi 2024 Date)

Krishna Janmashtama is on 26 August 2024. The next day i.e. on 27 August 2024, Dahi Handi festival will be celebrated. This festival, celebrated on the ninth day of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month, is mainly celebrated in Gujarat and Maharashtra but now it is gradually being celebrated all over India.

Why is Dahi Handi celebrated? (Why Dahi Handi Celebrate)

In the tradition of Dahi Handi, the childhood antics of Lord Krishna are presented. The event of Dahi Handi is also called Gopal Kala or Dahi Kala. It is believed in Hinduism that in ancient times, Kanha used to go from house to house and steal butter from people’s pots and eat it. If the pot (handi) was hanging high, he used to break it and steal the butter.

It is said that all the sorrows of the house where Kanha used to step, would be removed. It is believed that breaking the pot to steal butter in the house removes the sorrows of the house and happiness prevails.

History of Dahi Handi

According to mythology, in the Dwapar era, Lord Krishna used to steal butter and sugar candy in his childhood and distribute it among his friends. Troubled by the theft of butter, the Gopis started hanging the butter at a high place but this attempt of the Gopis also failed.

Naughty Kanha used to steal butter from there along with his group of friends and eat it with great relish. These childhood antics of Lord Krishna are celebrated in the form of Dahi Handi festival.

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