A handi is a deep, narrow-mouthed cooking vessel used in north Indian, Pakistani and Bengali cooking.
In 2012, one of Mumbai's leading Govinda groups, namely the Jai Jawan Govinda Pathak from Jogeshwari, had made an entry into the Guinness World Record and the Limca Book of Records by forming a human pyramid of 9-tiers (43.79 feet tall) at the Dahi Handi event held in Thane.