Govinda mandals have asked the state government for permission to hold a low-key festival. The Dahi Handi fest will be celebrated at the end of August, but Govindas forming the human pyramid will have to start practising. So, mandals have informed the government that they will have limited participation.

Moreover, the participants will be fully vaccinated and they will also avoid long distance travel, holding events in the locality from where the majority of participants will be chosen. The pyramids will also be much shorter with just three to four tiers said organisers, some who claimed to have started practice, following all Covid guidelines, a report stated in this paper.