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Dahi Handi 2025: The month of Bhadrapada begins after Sawan Purnima. This month has special significance in Hinduism. Many festivals are celebrated in this month including Ganesh Chaturthi, Krishna Janmashtami and Dahi Handi. The enthusiasm of ‘Dahi Handi’, one of them, is also celebrated every year on the next day of the birth of Shri Krishna Janmashtami. This year ‘Dahi-Handi’ is on 16 August 2025.

Let me tell you, the festival of Dahi-Handi is mainly celebrated with great pomp and gaiety in Maharashtra, Vrindavan, Mathura. On this day, an atmosphere of enthusiasm is seen. In such a situation, let us know why Dahi Handi celebrates, what is the importance of this festival.

When will Dahi Handi be celebrated

Let us tell you, according to the almanac, this year the Navami Tithi of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month will start on August 16 at 09:34 pm and its end will be on 17 August 07:24. In such a situation, Dahi Handi will be celebrated on 16 August 2025, Saturday. This festival is organized especially on the Navami date of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month. This festival is celebrated with great pomp from Dwapara Yuga till today.

Why is the ‘Dahi-Handi’ festival celebrated after all

The story of stealing Makhan in the stories of Lord Krishna’s Bal Leela is also very popular. Lord Krishna used to go to the neighborhood houses with his hair and eat curd and Makhan.

Fearing the theft, all the gopis started hanging curd and Makhan’s hand on the roof of the houses. But Shri Krishna and all his Sakha used to reach Handi by creating a human chain and used to eat Makhan with fervor. Sri Krishna would live at the top. Since then, this Leela of Shri Krishna has been celebrated as ‘Dahi-Handi’ festival.

Where and where the Dahi Handi festival is celebrated

Let me tell you, the Dahi Handi festival is especially celebrated in Maharashtra on a large scale. In the streets here, there are competitions between the group of Govinda and an attempt is made to break the highest mat.

Apart from this, a special festival of this festival is also seen in places like Mathura, Vrindavan and Gokul in Uttar Pradesh.

Traditional hymns and cultural programs are also special during the festival. The main objective of this event is to enlighten the child pastimes of Shri Krishna when he used to steal butter with his friends.