Preparing for Janmashtami celebrations in India

Aug 23, 2016

Preparing for Janmashtami celebrations in India

Quinn Kelley 0 Comment World India, Janmashtami, Lord Krishna, Mumbai

Indian participants await the dahi handi (curd pot) celebrations of “Janmashtami”, which mark the birth of Lord Krishna. India’s top court on August 17 banned children from taking part in a popular but potentially dangerous religious festival in the country’s west that sees young boys scale human pyramids. The Supreme Court barred children aged under 18 from scaling the pyramids and restricted their height to 20 feet following a string of accidents in recent years.

: FILE – This file photograph taken on August 29, 2013, shows Indian Hindu devotees collapsing as they try to form a human pyramid to break the dahi-handi, curd-pot, suspended in the air during celebrations of Janmashtami, which marks the birth of Hindu God Lord Krishna, in Mumbai. India’s top court on August 17, 2016, has banned children from taking part in a popular but potentially dangerous religious festival in the country’s west that sees young boys scale human pyramids. The Supreme Court barred children aged under 18 from scaling the pyramids and restricted their height to 20 feet (six metres) following a string of accidents in recent years. (Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images)

: FILE – This file photograph taken on September 6, 2015 shows a Indian Hindu devotee (bottom L) falling during an attempt to form a human pyramid in a bid to reach and break a dahi-handi (curd-pot) suspended in the air during celebrations for the Janmashtami festival, which marks the birth of Hindu God Lord Krishna in Mumbai. India’s top court on August 17, 2016, has banned children from taking part in a popular but potentially dangerous religious festival in the country’s west that sees young boys scale human pyramids. The Supreme Court barred children aged under 18 from scaling the pyramids and restricted their height to 20 feet (six metres) following a string of accidents in recent years. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

: FILE – This file photograph taken on August 29, 2013 shows a young Indian Hindu devotee as he hangs onto a rope securing the dahi-handi (curd-pot) as he attempts to break the suspended vessel during celebrations of Janmashtami, which marks the birth of Hindu God Lord Krishna, in Mumbai. India’s top court on August 17, 2016, has banned children from taking part in a popular but potentially dangerous religious festival in the country’s west that sees young boys scale human pyramids. The Supreme Court barred children aged under 18 from scaling the pyramids and restricted their height to 20 feet (six metres) following a string of accidents in recent years. (Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images)

: FILE – This file photograph taken on September 6, 2015 shows Indian Hindu devotees as they form a human pyramid in a bid to reach and break a dahi-handi (curd-pot) suspended in the air during celebrations for the Janmashtami festival, which marks the birth of Hindu God Lord Krishna in Mumbai. India’s top court on August 17, 2016, has banned children from taking part in a popular but potentially dangerous religious festival in the country’s west that sees young boys scale human pyramids. The Supreme Court barred children aged under 18 from scaling the pyramids and restricted their height to 20 feet (six metres) following a string of accidents in recent years. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

: A Indian women worker gives finishing touches to a idol of Hindu god Krishna at a workshop on occasion of ‘Krishna Janmashtami’ in Chennai on August 20,2016. Brithday of Indian Hindu God Krishna is celebrated as’Krishna Janmashtami’ by hindus all over world on 25th of August. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)

: A Indian worker gives the finishing touches to an idol of Hindu god Krishna at a workshop in Chennai on August 20, 2016. The birthday of Indian Hindu God Krishna will be celebrated as ‘Krishna Janmashtami’ by Hindus all over world on August 25. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)

: A Indian woman worker gives the finishing touches to an idol of Hindu god Krishna at a workshop on occasion of ‘Krishna Janmashtami’ in Chennai on August 20, 2016. The birthday of Indian Hindu God Krishna will be celebrated as ‘Krishna Janmashtami’ by Hindus all over world on August 25. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)

: A Indian woman worker gives the finishing touches to an idol of Hindu god Krishna at a workshop in Chennai on August 20, 2016. The birthday of Indian Hindu God Krishna will be celebrated as ‘Krishna Janmashtami’ by Hindus all over world on August 25. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)

: An Indian worker gives the finishing touches to an idol of Hindu god Krishna at a workshop in Chennai on August 20, 2016. The birthday of Indian Hindu God Krishna will be celebrated as ‘Krishna Janmashtami’ by Hindus all over world on August 25. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)

: A Indian worker gives the finishing touches to an idol of Hindu god Krishna at a workshop in Chennai on August 20, 2016. The birthday of Indian Hindu God Krishna will be celebrated as ‘Krishna Janmashtami’ by Hindus all over world on August 25. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian participants dressed as the Hindu god Lord Krishna wait for the start of a cultural event in the run up to the dahi handi (curd pot) celebrations of ‘Janmashtami’, which mark the birth of Lord Krishna, in Mumbai on August 23, 2016. India’s top court on August 17, 2016, has banned children from taking part in a popular but potentially dangerous religious festival in the country’s west that sees young boys scale human pyramids. The Supreme Court barred children aged under 18 from scaling the pyramids and restricted their height to 20 feet (six metres) following a string of accidents in recent years. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

: An Indian participant dressed as the Hindu god Lord Krishna helps support others making a ‘human pyramid’ during a cultural event in the run up to the dahi handi (curd pot) celebrations of ‘Janmashtami’, which mark the birth of Lord Krishna, in Mumbai on August 23, 2016. India’s top court on August 17, 2016, has banned children from taking part in a popular but potentially dangerous religious festival in the country’s west that sees young boys scale human pyramids. The Supreme Court barred children aged under 18 from scaling the pyramids and restricted their height to 20 feet (six metres) following a string of accidents in recent years. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

: An Indian participant dressed as the Hindu god Lord Krishna looks on during a cultural event in the run up to the dahi handi (curd pot) celebrations of ‘Janmashtami’, which mark the birth of Lord Krishna, in Mumbai on August 23, 2016. India’s top court on August 17, 2016, has banned children from taking part in a popular but potentially dangerous religious festival in the country’s west that sees young boys scale human pyramids. The Supreme Court barred children aged under 18 from scaling the pyramids and restricted their height to 20 feet (six metres) following a string of accidents in recent years. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian students get their faces painted in blue color as they prepare for Janmashtami celebrations at a college in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Janmashtami, is an annual celebration of the birth of the Hindu deity Krishna. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

: An Indian student who got her face painted with blue color looks at camera ahead of Janmashtami celebrations at a college in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Janmashtami, is an annual celebration of the birth of the Hindu deity Krishna. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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