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Mumbai: MNS workers defy ban to celebrate 'Dahi Handi' festival
Updated On: 31 August, 2021 10:48 AM IST | Thane | PTI
The popular festival organised during `Gokulashtami`, which attracts a lot of crowds, is being observed on Tuesday.
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers celebrated the traditional `Dahi Handi` festival in Thane and neighbouring Palghar district, even though the celebrations have been banned in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The popular festival organised during `Gokulashtami`, which attracts a lot of crowds, is being observed on Tuesday.
Around Monday midnight, a large number of MNS activists, including women, gathered at Naupada in Thane city and hung a `dahi handi` (an earthen pot filled with curd) at a height in the area. They formed a pyramid and a woman activist climbed atop and broke the curd pot.
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