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Colourful Holi celebrated

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Men, women and children came out in groups, splashed colours and greeted each other and danced to the drumbeats. In Pangul galli, a large number of revelers and devotees performed “Lotangan puja” (“urulu seve”) at Ashwathama temple.holi-belagvi

Celebrations galore, colourful and extravagant. Heedless of the soaring mercury, the citizens of Belagavi had a wonderful day with friends, relatives and even strangers. It’s one of those festivals that facilitates reaching out to those previously unknown and leaves behind memories to cherish.

The Deshmukh road, the site of all the mis-happenings(ONCE), was a place where youngsters assembled or moved around splashing colourful impressions on each other. The sad part of the ritual was the number of individuals who tore away each other’s clothes and tossed them up to hang on electric wires that ran through and across the top of the streets. It used to be a saddening display of a behavior most deplorable and unpalatable to anyone who has some degree of education and civic sense.
Thanks to the initiative of the former MLA, the public celebrations moved to Subhash Chandra Bose Ground and that too with a police presence, enough to bring some discipline to the revelry. The crowd was quite in a swollen number and may be the highest since it was started.
When the same happened this year and the satisfaction of the city having evolved to a more sensible conduct was just beginning to seep in, the pictures of the celebrations at Lele Ground emerged. It was appalling to say the least that the heap of torn clothes had only shifted location and the litter had moved to the confines of the ground and areas around it.

 

2 thoughts on “Colourful Holi celebrated”

  1. Thank you for organising the event at public places, hope such gathering happens in differnt parts of the city. Lets celebrate the colours of happness 🙂

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