Almost all of the people in our crew have excelled in one sport or the other, so making a group for the Janmashtami Dahi Handi seemed like the next best thing,” said Devendra Ponnalagar from a 35-member group of visually impaired people who have been participating in Dahi Handi programmes since 2013. The group — Nayan Foundation First Dhristiheen Govinda Pathak — has been doing four-layered pyramids in all the years they have participated with the exception of 2021 and 2025, when they made five-layer pyramids.

The group practises formation of a four-layered pyramid