Experience the unique Masan Holi celebration in Varanasi, where ashes of pyre are used instead of colours to play Holi. This ...

While most of India plays Holi with colours, Varanasi celebrates a unique version called Masan Holi, where devotees smear ...

Masan Holi is linked to Lord Shiva's deep devotion to ghosts, spirits, and aghoris (ascetics who renounce worldly pleasures).

Vrindavan's Banke Bihari temple also started Holi celebrations with Tesu and saffron-infused coloured water on Rangbhari ...

An office-bearer of the Samiti, Pawan Chaudhary said hundreds of saints and devotees participated in this year’s procession ...

Kashi Vidwat Parishad says playing Holi with ashes from funeral pyres is against the tradition of Kashi while manager of Baba ...

There's a unique form of Holi where Aghoris and others too play with ashes instead of gulal and colours. To know its ...

This unique celebration is called ‘Masan Holi’, a festival that embraces death as a part of life. Unlike the usual Holi celebrations that involve splashes of bright colors and water ...

It’s Holi in India… time for a riot of colours and joyful reminder that spring is here. Countries the world over have their ...