Despite Pandemic: How Lathmar Holi Was Celebrated In Barsana, Mathura
The festival of colours is here and people in Barsana and Nandgaon near Mathura have already started playing Holi despite the pandemic. Thousands of people congregate each year to play the famous Lathmar Holi. As the name suggests, people are playfully hit with sticks and colour is applied.
The festival of colours is here and people in Barsana and Nandgaon near Mathura have already started playing Holi despite the pandemic. Thousands of people congregate each year to play the famous Lathmar Holi. As the name suggests, people are playfully hit with sticks and colour is applied. Unfortunately there aren't too many masks in sight.
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Despite the rise in COVID-19 infections in the country hundreds of people participated in traditional Lathmar Holi in? Mathura's Barsana.
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Traditional Lathmar Holi is usually Celebrated a few days before Holi.
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Holi celebrations usually go on for a week in Mathura and Vrindavan.?
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The week-long celebrations culminate in Holika Dahan on March 28 and the Dhulandi Holi in Brij on March 29.
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Women traditionally dress up as Gopis and the men as Gopas. The women playfully 'hit' the men with sticks to drive them away and also play with colours.
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Lathmar means playing with sticks. In the festival, menfolk try to smear women with colour, who traditionally protect themselves with lathis or sticks.
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The festival is said to be a recreation of a famous Hindu legend, according to which, Lord Krishna v... Read More
The festival is said to be a recreation of a famous Hindu legend, according to which, Lord Krishna visited his beloved Radha's town, Barsana. If legend is to be believed, Krishna teased Radha and her friends, who in turn responded by taking offence at his advances and driving him out of Barsana.
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The Lathmar Holi festivities last for over a week, where the participants dance, sing and immerse themselves in colour alongside the occasional consumption of ¡®Thandai¡¯ a traditional drink synonymous with the festival of Holi.
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Hindu devotees sit on the steps of Radha temple at the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, during Lathmar Holi, in Barsana.
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Hindu women beat a man with sticks as they traditionally celebrate the Lathmar Holi.
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