Nand Mahotsav is festival celebrated on next day of Shri Krishna Janmashtami.In this year 2018 Nandotsav date is 3rd September.
It is said that all the villagers of Vraj visited Nanda's house to have darshan of beby Shri Krishna.All Munis and maharshis bestowed their blessings on little Krishna.Child Krishna is swung in a cradle and even today,lineage-holders dress up as Yashoda and swing their Beloved Krishna.
Dahi Handi
This most popular ceremony of Dahi-handi takes place on the second day of celebrations. The celebration of Krishna's birth is also known as "Dahihandi". An earthen pot or "matka" or "handi" filled with curds, milk, curds, butter, honey, fruits and "jvari" is tied from a high rope about 20 to 40 feet high. The rope also has prize money tied to it. This prize money is distributed among those who participate in the building the pyramid. It is a spectacular sight to see.
Young men form a human pyramid to break the pot. To do so they climb, constructing a human pyramid by standing over each other's shoulders till the pyramid is tall enough to enable the person at the top to reach the pot and claim the contents after breaking it.
A popular image of Krishna was and still is......Krishna stealing dahi or butter from an earthen pot. During his childhood, the naughty and adventurous Lord Krishna along with his mates used to raid the houses of his neighbors in search of milk and butter, they too would build a human pyramid and plunder the pots of milk and butter. This ceremony replicates Krishna's love for milk and butter.
Once the pot is broken, the contents are eaten as "prasad" amidst acclamations of "Govind" which is another name for Krishna.
