Dahi handi festival, the pot of gold

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  • Published On: August 22, 2008
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One can see the colour, the energy and the enthusiasm but what remains hidden is the changing face of the 155-year-old Dahi handi festival. From a small, traditional neighbourhood event, it has been blown into a multicrore extravaganza. As the business of Dahi handi becomes more and more commercial, many feel the biggest casualty has been the pious sentiment once associated with Gokulashtami.

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