Casting a long shadow on Dahi Handi festivities, a city mandal lost one of its members in Thane yesterday. Like every year, city hospitals received a steady stream of injured govindas: in comparison to the 246 cases of injury reported in Janmashtami celebrations last year, 237 govindas were reported injured yesterday. Of them, 210 were discharged after receiving treatment for minor injuries.

A govinda succeeds in breaking the coveted handi. Pics/Sameer Markande and Satyajit Desai