Around 1,000 年輩の 未亡人s 反抗する social stigma in joyful 祝賀 of Holi at 200-year-old ashram in UP


About 1000 未亡人s, shunning the shackles of social stigma, played with colours and gulal at Meera Sahabhagini Ashram in Vrindavan, UP.

The women 注ぐd colour on each other in the presence of a large number of tourists and 信奉者s of Lord Krishna at the 200-year-old Ashram.

Young at heart: Widows cover themselves in colours and gulal at Meera Sahabhagini Ashram in Vrindavan, UP

Young at heart: 未亡人s cover themselves in colours and gulal at Meera Sahabhagini Ashram in Vrindavan, UP

反対するing the age-old social evil of widowhood, several 未亡人s have taken 避難所 in this 宗教上の city.

It was a remarkable sight when the 未亡人s, mostly in the 70s and 80s, stooping low with age, danced and splashed more than 500kg of gulal on each other.

Last year, the 未亡人s played Holi with flower petals.

Joyful: The women poured colour on each other in the presence of a large number of tourists and followers of Lord Krishna at the 200-year-old Ashram

Joyful: The women 注ぐd colour on each other in the presence of a large number of tourists and 信奉者s of Lord Krishna at the 200-year-old Ashram

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