The birth of Lord Krishna will be celebrated at midnight on the intervening night of August 28 and 29.
The MTDC (Maharashtra State Tourism Board) has invited 250 Spanish castellers and 150 homegrown govindas from Thane for a dahi handi competition at the Gateway. "This event is especially aimed at drawing foreign tourists to the festival. We have put posters and are distributing flyers at airports and hotels," said Satish Soni, joint managing director, MTDC.
It is difficult to divorce politics from festivals in a pre-election year. The Shiv Sena will hoist a pot containing onions and invite women govindas to smash their fury into it. Onions rather than flower bulbs will decorate the string, and the winning mandal will be given a prize of 11 kg of the vegetable.
Shakha pramukh Yashwant Vachile will erect this handi near the Dadar flower market. "We are trying to shake the state government out of its slumber. For nearly one month, a basic food item like onion has been selling for Rs 60 per kg,
but the ruling Congress-NCP combine is sitting on the sidelines and watching. Middlemen have reportedly made a Rs 150 crore profit within four days, while the farmer and consumer continue to suffer," Vichale said.
Heaping symbolism, he has requested women govinda mandals from Agar Bazar and Matunga to break the pot that will be placed at a height of five tiers. Senior Sena leaders Manohar Joshi, Diwakar Raote, Vishakha Raut and Sada Sarvankar will join this condemnation of the ruling DF alliance.
In Borivli, a nine-hour-long musical extravaganza has been devised by Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam, who will seek re-election next year. He has doubled the prize money from Rs 11 lakh to Rs 21 lakh and has drafted actor Arjun Rampal to break the pot. Vile Parle MLA Krishna Hegde has announced a reward of Rs 11 lakh for
his event.
Thane's Sanskruti handi has a painting of the record ten-tier pyramid by Jogeshwari's Jai Jawan mandal that made it to the Guinness World Records last year. "We will auction the painting and use the proceeds to treat injured govindas," said Sanskruti's Vihang Sarnaik.
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