Category: Travel

India’s unique Holi amidst burning pyres

Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Holi is a festival of happiness and colors and only days are left for it to arrive. In such a situation, if you are also thinking of going on a trip and that too on this festival, then people go to places like Mathura, Vrindavan, Pushkar where people play Holi with colors, gulal and flowers. But today we will tell you about a place where people play Holi with the ashes of pyre and this is a tradition here and that place is Varanasi. Why did this tradition start?…

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Lathmar Holi: A look at this unique tradition

Arijit Bose

Barsana: In preparation for the impending Holi festival, the towns of Barsana and Nandgaon have already decked themselves in the colors of Lathmar Holi. “Festival of sticks and colours” is how Lathmar Holi is literally translated, and it certainly lives up to its slogan. One may argue that the major draw of the town is the Lathmar Holi festivities, which take place in two nearby towns of Barsana and Nandgaon, Mathura. There are rumors that these locations are related to Radha Rani and Lord Krishna.  Nandgaon and Barsana have started…

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