Thin turnout, heavy police deployment: Varanasi’s Manikarnika ghat sees a low-key ‘Masane ki Holi’

Earlier this week, the tradition had run into controversy with calls for either banning it altogether or limiting the festivities at the ghat.

Varanasi’s popular Masane ki Holi faces ban call. Here’s why

The traditional Masane ki Holi or Masaan Holi in Varanasi, in which ashes from burning funeral pyres, instead of colours, are used to celebrate the festival, has run into a controversy with calls for ...