In a marked departure from age-old traditions, over a thousand widows played Holi at an ancient Vrindavan temple on Monday.
Amid blowing of conch shells and showering of flower petals and dry colour powders, these widows participated in the Holi celebrations at the ancient Gopinath temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna.
They were joined by widows from Varanasi. There was palpable excitement as they smeared each other with Holi colours, as this was for the first time they played Holi inside a temple in this town, holy to Hindus.
This was the first time ever in the history, the widows cast away by their families and living in the temple town for several decades, celebrated the festival, in temple premises.
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