However, in Varanasi, the ancient city known for its spiritual and mystical traditions, Holi is played in a rather unusual and eerie way at the famous Manikarnika and Harishchandra Ghats.

In an intense celebration, devotees and Naga Sadhus marked the tradition of playing Holi with funeral ashes at Manikarnika Ghat on Tuesday, blending spirituality with the raw symbolism of mortality.

Kashi Vidwat Parishad says playing Holi with ashes from funeral pyres is against the tradition of Kashi while manager of Baba Mahashmashan Nath Seva Samiti asserts the practice is centuries-old but Sa ...

Devotees and Naga Sadhus celebrated Chita Bhasma Holi by playing Holi with funeral ashes at Manikarnika Ghat. The festival, opposed by scholars, involved Sadhus performing rituals and dances. Despite ...

During this, Manikarnika Ghat resounds with the chants of 'Har-Har Mahadev.'. There is a religious belief that playing Holi with the ashes of pyres brings happiness, prosperity, and blessings to ...

Devotees and Naga Sadhus celebrated the unique tradition of playing Holi with funeral ashes amid burning pyres at the Manikarnika Ghat here on Tuesday. Guls ...

(Photo: X/@DManikarnika) A decorated historian, an Oxford alumna, and a researcher dedicated to unearthing India's colonial past—Manikarnika Dutta never imagined she would be fighting to remain ...

Manikarnika Dutta, an Indian historian from the University of Oxford, who has lived in the United Kingdom (UK) for at least a decade, is facing deportation after the Home Office ruled that she had ...

The Manikarnika Ghat, the main cremation site also known as Mahashmashan, will witness a similar event on Tuesday. A special aarti was performed at Mahashamshan Nath temple at Harishchandra Ghat ...

Manikarnika Dutta, a distinguished Indian historian and assistant professor at University College Dublin, Ireland, is facing deportation from the United Kingdom. The British Home Office has denied ...

Devotees and Naga Sadhus celebrated the unique tradition of playing Holi with funeral ashes amid burning pyres at the Manikarnika Ghat here on Tuesday. Gulshan Kapoor, the organiser of the 'Chita ...