In Pics: Udaipur's 400-year-old all-women Holi tradition

With the COVID-19 cases spiking in several states, Holi 2021 was a low-key affair in India. However, some age-old traditions of India's hinterland still stand firm. Udaipur's Holika cooling tradition is one of them. Pics/Ashish Rane

Updated On: 2021-03-30 10:26 AM IST

Pic/Ashish Rane

Over 500 women from Menar village in Udaipur, Rajasthan, gather at Thamb Chowk, with a jar of water meant to cool down Holi, on Monday. 

This ritual has been going on for the past 400 years. 

This year, fewer women arrived at the chowk for the ritual owing to the pandemic restrictions.

A woman in traditional Rajathani attire on her way to cool down Holi.

Rajasthan recorded 902 COVID-19 cases on Monday, taking the infection count to 3,31,578, an official report said.

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