While most of India plays Holi with colours, Varanasi celebrates a unique version called Masan Holi, where devotees play holie with pyre ashes instead of colours. This tradition is linked to Lord ...

The utilisation of pyre ashes in Masan Holi Varanasi represents the transience of life and the cyclical nature of a person's existence in this worldly world. The pyre's flames burn the mortal ...

Naga Sadhus and Aghoris will celebrate 'Chita Bhasm ki Holi' at Harishchandra and Manikarnika ghats in Varanasi. Despite objections from some groups claiming it violates tradition, the practice ...

The shock led his grieving grandfather to immolate himself on the pyre of his grandson and daughter-in-law. Police have registered cases of unnatural death and murder. BHOPAL: In a bizarre chain ...

An elderly man allegedly died by suicide by jumping into the funeral pyre of his grandson, who hanged himself after killing his wife, in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district, police said on Saturday.

An elderly man allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the funeral pyre of his grandson, who hanged himself after killing his wife, in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district, police said on Saturday. The ...