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 Dahi handi celebrations in Mumbai

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A family watches as a devotee of Lord Krishna breaks a 'dahi-handi' (curd-pot) with his head during a contest in Mumbai. (Photo | AFP)
A family watches as a devotee of Lord Krishna breaks a 'dahi-handi' (curd-pot) with his head during a contest in Mumbai. (Photo | AFP)
A young girl breaks a 'dahi-handi' (curd-pot) during a contest in Mumbai, during 'Janmashtami' celebrations. (Photo | PTI)
People form a human pyramid to break the 'Dahi handi,' an earthen pot filled with curd hanging above them, as part of celebrations to mark the Janmashtami festival in Mumbai. (Photo | AP)
A teacher helps a student dressed as Hindu God Lord Krishna to break a dahi handi (curd pot) during a function to celebrate 'Janmashtami'. (Photo | PTI)
Visually impaired children break the 'dahi-handi' at the Victoria School for the Blind in Mumbai on the eve of 'Janmashtami' . (Photo | AFP)
Youths collapse as they try to form a human pyramid to break the 'Dahi handi,' an earthen pot filled with curd hanging above them, as part of celebrations to mark the Janmashtami in Mumbai. (Photo | AP)
People form a human pyramid to break the 'Dahi handi,' an earthen pot filled with curd hanging above them, as part of celebrations to mark the Janmashtami festival in Mumbai. (Photo | AP)
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