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MUMBAI: At least 17 people were injured, one of them seriously, while forming human pyramids during the ’dahi handi’ celebrations in Mumbai on Monday, officials said.

Some of the injured were admitted to Sion and KEM hospitals.

"Twelve people were brought here who got injured due to a fall while playing ’dahi handi’ We have admitted them and kept them under evaluation," KEM hospital’s dean Dr Shubhangi Parkar said.

The other injured were rushed to Sion hospital where two of them have been admitted.

"There were a total of five persons who came to us for treatment. While we have discharged three of them after administering first aid, we have admitted two. One of them is very serious. He was brought with severe head injuries.

Fortunately none had spine injuries," Sion hospital’s dean Dr Avinash Supe said.

Following the recent relief from Supreme Court which kept on hold a Bombay high court order that barred participation of children under 18 in ’dahi handi’, people in Maharashtra celebrated the festival on Monday with gaiety and pomp amid chants of "Govinda ala re".

The celebration of dahi handi, held on Janmasthami every year, includes formation of a human pyramid to break an earthen pot filled with buttermilk tied at a certain height and win cash prizes.

Hundreds of ’Govindas’ (participants of ’dahi handi’) here, from different "mandals" (groups) were seen moving in trucks and tempos while travelling to their respective marquees to prove their mettle in breaking the earthen pots hung high in the bylanes.

The ’dahi handi’ event is inspired by Lord Krishna and his friends who used to form human pyramids to break pots hung from the ceilings of neighbourhood houses, in order to steal curd and butter.

Under 18 age boys breaking handi at Matunga Labour Camp in first trial in Mumbai. In pic Limited & selected persons participate,

In pic  Womens Govinda Mandal breaking handi at Dadar.

Lord Shree Krishna Birth anniversary celebration in Mumbai. In pic  Govinda Mandal breaking handi at Dadar.

Mumbai’s Govinda’s Jai Jawan forming Nine  tiers human pyramid at Sankalp Pratishthan, Thane during festival of Gokulashtami (Dahi Handi Festival) Thane.

Non professional Govinda Mandal - childrens perfoming break the dahi handi at Matunga in Mumbai.