AMRITSAR: A Muslim ‘

Govinda

’ broke the ritualistic ‘

’ (yoghurt-filled earthen pot) in

’s Krishna temple on Saturday night to celebrate Janmashtami.

Videos and photographs, which had gone viral on social media on Sunday, showed Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) deputy secretary (Hindu shrines) Faraz Abbas breaking the ‘dahi handi’ in a temple. Abbas is seen being helped by two persons wearing ‘salwar kameez’. The two are seen lifting Abbas, so that they could reach the ‘dahi handi’ hanging from the roof of Krishna temple. Hindu and Sikh devotees can be seen celebrating around this site, with many of them dancing with devotion.

The move is being seen as an attempt by

to showcase its secular image to attract religious tourists.