Braj Holi - Riot of colours

The Mayor, along with some councillors and officials of the Municipal Corporation, visited cow sheds in Barsana and Varanasi to inspect their conditions in order to shift the stray

A Hindu devotee looks on in a cloud of coloured powder inside a temple during "Lathmar Holi" at the village of Barsana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 21, 2013. In a Holi tradition unique to Barsana and Nandgaon villages, men ...

Barsana (Mathura district) March 21 (IANS) Hundreds of pilgrims from many parts of India and some foreigners joined together Thursday to celebrate the famous Lath Maar Holi at Barsana, regarded as the birthplace of Radha, playmate of Sri Krishna, in Hindu ...

Barsana, March 22 (ANI): The unusual traditional ritual of women beating men with sticks drew hundreds of devotees to Barsana town of Uttar Pradesh to witness the famous 'Lathmar Holi'. According to tradition, men dressed in colourful turbans and ...

The designer of Raw Mango on his obsession with simplicity, saris and eclectic colour combinations Shefalee Vasudev Sanjay Garg, whose saris are becoming increasingly popular, works with around 500 weavers across the country. Updated: Sat, May 18 ...

Do you remember the beautiful lyrics of the Ghazal from the film Niqah sung by Ghulam Ali - 'Chupke chupke raat din aansuu bahanaa yaad hai...'? And the ghazal sung by Mehdi Hassan - 'Dekhanaa bhii to u.nhe.n duur se dekhaa karanaa...'? The author ...

Having resided in cosmopolitan cities, we tend to forget what the 'real India' looks like - colourful, festive, riverside life, traditional women, jogis and fakirs. To all those who have not visited the countryside in a long time, a recent photography ...

From procuring fitness certificates for each head of stray cattle to providing immunisation to assigning staff to accompany the trucks — it is an elaborate exercise to send the cattle out of the city. The Municipal Corporation started the drive to ...

Browse through this list of examinees who passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers (L.E.T.) in secondary level held last March 10, 2013. The result was released on April 18 by the Professional Regulation Commission. 1 AALA, MARICEL CUENCA ...