Human Pyramid

At least 107 'Govindas', youngsters involved in the formation of multi-storeyed human pyramids as part of 'Dahi Handi' celebrations associated with Janmashtami, were injured in Mumbai on Thursday.

Fitness videos are quite popular on the internet and now a video showing nine men doing Calisthenics together is going viral on social media. The short clip was posted on Instagram by a user named Adam Morsel.

Sandesh Dalvi, a member of the Shiv Shambho Govinda Pathak group, suffered serious head injuries after he fell off a human pyramid formed by 'Govindas' during Janmashtami celebrations at Bamanwadi in Vile Parle

A 24-year-old Dahi Handi participant died on Monday due to injuries caused during the Janmashtami festival in Mumbai.

Janmashtami might have gotten over but colourful videos and photos of people celebrating the festival are still surfacing on the internet. One such clip shared by Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Dipanshu Kabra is going viral.

As many as 222 'Govindas' or Dahi Handi participants were injured while forming human pyramids during Janmashtami celebrations in Mumbai and 64 in Thane city, civic officials said on Saturday.

Janmashtami 2020: The grim shadow of COVID-19 was visible on Dahi Handi festivities in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Wednesday as organisers opted for low-key celebrations. Adhering to the social distancing guidelines, Dahi Handi mandals or groups did not form human pyramids this year to mark the birth of Lord Krishna.

An all-women Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team of 65 officers today made a stellar debut at the 71st Republic Day parade in New Delhi. The contingent - "CRPF Women Daredevils'' - performed nine stellar stunts on 18 Royal Enfield Classic 350s at the majestic parade.

Elon Musk's grim forecast of humanity suggests that a "population bomb" would lead to a worldwide collapse in humans in the coming decades and everybody would start to see the evident effects by 2050.

While two 'Govindas' - one each in Palghar district and Airoli in Navi Mumbai-- died in dahi handi-related incidents, 117 others were injured at different places in Mumbai while forming human pyramids as part of the festival that was celebrated with fervour yesterday, officials said.

Ahead of Janmashtami, the Supreme Court today remanded back to the Bombay High Court a plea of the Maharashtra government challenging its order capping the height of the human pyramid and barring participation of minors in the famous 'Dahi-handi' festival.

A tower of human skulls unearthed beneath the heart of Mexico City has raised new questions about the culture of sacrifice in the Aztec Empire after crania of women and children surfaced among the hundreds embedded in the forbidding structure.

Refusing to rethink a ban on taller "Dahi handi" human pyramids - popular during the Janmashtami festival in Maharashtra - the Supreme Court today said "to increase the height is very scary".

A Govinda mandal, which features in the Guinness Book of World Records for making the tallest human pyramid, has decided to return the appreciation certificate to the President as a mark of protest over the caps imposed by the Supreme Court on Dahi Handi ritual.

The Supreme Court today refused to relax conditions put by the Bombay High Court like barring young men below 18 years of age from participating in 'Dahi- Handi' ritual of the Janmashtami festival in Maharshtra and capping the height of the human pyramid at 20 feet.

At least 107 'Govindas', youngsters involved in the formation of multi-storeyed human pyramids as part of 'Dahi Handi' celebrations associated with Janmashtami, were injured in Mumbai on Thursday.

Fitness videos are quite popular on the internet and now a video showing nine men doing Calisthenics together is going viral on social media. The short clip was posted on Instagram by a user named Adam Morsel.

Sandesh Dalvi, a member of the Shiv Shambho Govinda Pathak group, suffered serious head injuries after he fell off a human pyramid formed by 'Govindas' during Janmashtami celebrations at Bamanwadi in Vile Parle

A 24-year-old Dahi Handi participant died on Monday due to injuries caused during the Janmashtami festival in Mumbai.

Janmashtami might have gotten over but colourful videos and photos of people celebrating the festival are still surfacing on the internet. One such clip shared by Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Dipanshu Kabra is going viral.

As many as 222 'Govindas' or Dahi Handi participants were injured while forming human pyramids during Janmashtami celebrations in Mumbai and 64 in Thane city, civic officials said on Saturday.

Janmashtami 2020: The grim shadow of COVID-19 was visible on Dahi Handi festivities in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Wednesday as organisers opted for low-key celebrations. Adhering to the social distancing guidelines, Dahi Handi mandals or groups did not form human pyramids this year to mark the birth of Lord Krishna.

An all-women Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team of 65 officers today made a stellar debut at the 71st Republic Day parade in New Delhi. The contingent - "CRPF Women Daredevils'' - performed nine stellar stunts on 18 Royal Enfield Classic 350s at the majestic parade.

Elon Musk's grim forecast of humanity suggests that a "population bomb" would lead to a worldwide collapse in humans in the coming decades and everybody would start to see the evident effects by 2050.

While two 'Govindas' - one each in Palghar district and Airoli in Navi Mumbai-- died in dahi handi-related incidents, 117 others were injured at different places in Mumbai while forming human pyramids as part of the festival that was celebrated with fervour yesterday, officials said.

Ahead of Janmashtami, the Supreme Court today remanded back to the Bombay High Court a plea of the Maharashtra government challenging its order capping the height of the human pyramid and barring participation of minors in the famous 'Dahi-handi' festival.

A tower of human skulls unearthed beneath the heart of Mexico City has raised new questions about the culture of sacrifice in the Aztec Empire after crania of women and children surfaced among the hundreds embedded in the forbidding structure.

Refusing to rethink a ban on taller "Dahi handi" human pyramids - popular during the Janmashtami festival in Maharashtra - the Supreme Court today said "to increase the height is very scary".

A Govinda mandal, which features in the Guinness Book of World Records for making the tallest human pyramid, has decided to return the appreciation certificate to the President as a mark of protest over the caps imposed by the Supreme Court on Dahi Handi ritual.

The Supreme Court today refused to relax conditions put by the Bombay High Court like barring young men below 18 years of age from participating in 'Dahi- Handi' ritual of the Janmashtami festival in Maharshtra and capping the height of the human pyramid at 20 feet.