A user named Gurpreet Singh Maan expressed his anger on X, writing, "This video from Varanasi is so horrific. Some goons are harassing a woman in front of her partner in the name of Holi celebrations.

Playing with ashes is a sign of devotion to Mahadev,” says L.N. Das, a sadhu who has been residing in Varanasi for years now. While Masan Holi was at first restricted to the saints and Aghoris ...

migrant workers began returning home to their villages in and around Varanasi on overcrowded trains, buses and trucks. Many came home for the Holi festival on 29 March or to vote in the village ...