Maintaining the age-old tradition, a group of ‘Nagar Vadhus’ (sex workers) danced around the burning pyres at the Manikarnika Ghat of Varanasi in UP on Tuesday night. Before the performance, the women ...
Viral News: When Holi is just around the corner, a video has emerged from Varanasi in which people are seen celebrating the ‘Masane ki Holi’ with great glory. The video will send shivers down your ...
Performing yoga at cremation ground amid pyres may seem unusual for many but not for a motley group of Doms, a community engaged in cremation of bodies. VARANASI: Performing yoga at cremation ground ...
Varanasi (India) (AFP) – Some stay only days, others wait decades, but the crowds of elderly Indian Hindu devotees are calm and confident that their one-way pilgrimage to death will deliver ...
The stench of smouldering funeral pyres usually hangs heavy by the Ganges river in Varanasi, the mystical Indian city where Hindus believe being cremated will free them from the cycle of rebirth. But ...
A unique colour in Holi is that of Dharmanagari Kashi, where Holi is also played with the ashes of the pyre burning with colour. This Holi takes place at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi.