Click it and Unblock the Notifications
For Quick Alerts
For Daily Alerts
Just In
Don't Miss
-
Tata Motors To Utilize New $1 Billion TN Plant For Jaguar Land Rover Cars -
Very Parivarik Episode 5 OTT Release Date, Platform: Get Ready For Major Twist; Here's When & Where To Watch -
MLC 2024: Glenn Maxwell Set To Link Up With Australian Teammates Travis Head & Steve Smith At Washington Freedom -
AMD Revamps Business Computing with AI-Fueled Ryzen PRO 8000 Series Processors -
RMLIMS Nursing Officer Recruitment 2024; Apply for 665 Vacancies, Know more -
Heeramandi: Designers Rimple And Harpreet Craft Inspiring 300 Outfits, Know The Details Here! -
Telangana's Waterfall: A Serene Escape Into Nature's Marvels
-
The Rezvani Retro RR1 Is A Modified Porsche 911 Done Right
Widows of Vrindavan pledge to keep Yamuna clean this Diwali
Widows of Vrindavan, who have continued to defy the age-old traditions by celebrating not only Diwali but Holi and Raksha Bandhan, besides taking part in Durga Puja in West Bengal, would light earthen lamps to ward off darkness in their lives. The three-day Diwali celebration would begin in Vrindavan from Tuesday.
Besides lighting the colorful earthen lamps, they will sing bhajans. Around a thousand widows, mostly from West Bengal, live in Vrindavan for decades. Earlier treated as "inauspicious", they were not allowed to take part in rituals, till NGO Sulabh International took a keen interest in their upliftment. All the seven ashrams in Vrindavan would be decorated with lights and earthen lamps during Diwali.
"Sulabh will continue with its nationwide campaign for the welfare of widows," NGO's founder Bindeshwar Pathak said. Pathak said he intended to draft a bill and hand it over to the Parliament to improve the plight of widows, who are abandoned by their families. He urged all political parties to support the proposed bill drafted by him.
PTI
Comments
gulaal<\/i>, sweets for Modi bhaiya<\/i>, courtesy widows of Vrindavan ","url":"\/india\/holi-2018-special-gulaal-sweets-modi-bhaiya-courtesy-wido-2650773.html","aws_img":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/img\/2018\/03\/widow-1519890914.jpg","aws_img_webp":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/webp\/img\/2018\/03\/widow-1519890914.jpg"},{"title":"Holi: Forget all the differences, drench yourself in colours","url":"\/india\/holi-forget-all-the-differences-drench-yourself-colours-2650715.html","aws_img":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/img\/2018\/03\/holi-1519881828.jpg","aws_img_webp":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/webp\/img\/2018\/03\/holi-1519881828.jpg"},{"title":"Mathura: 13 peacocks found dead in Vrindavan","url":"\/india\/mathura-13-peacocks-found-dead-vrindavan-2599731.html","aws_img":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/img\/2017\/06\/peacock-1-01-1496317069.jpg","aws_img_webp":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/webp\/img\/2017\/06\/peacock-1-01-1496317069.jpg"},{"title":"For the love of Lord Krishna, UP’s homeless widow donates Rs 40 lakh to build gaushala<\/i>","url":"\/india\/for-the-love-lord-krishna-up-s-homeless-widow-donates-rs-40-2445615.html","aws_img":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/img\/2016\/10\/cow-21-1477041185.jpg","aws_img_webp":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/webp\/img\/2016\/10\/cow-21-1477041185.jpg"},{"title":"Widows of Vrindavan celebrate Holi","url":"\/india\/widows-of-vrindavan-celebrate-holi-2370337.html","aws_img":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/img\/2017\/03\/vrindavan-widows2-10-1489121618.jpg","aws_img_webp":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/webp\/img\/2017\/03\/vrindavan-widows2-10-1489121618.jpg"},{"title":"Widows break taboo by celebrating Diwali inside temple","url":"\/india\/widows-break-taboo-celebrating-diwali-inside-temple-2246489.html","aws_img":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/img\/2016\/10\/diwali1-10-1476116337.jpg","aws_img_webp":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/webp\/img\/2016\/10\/diwali1-10-1476116337.jpg"},{"title":"Vrindavan widows plan to send rakhis to Prime Minister Narendra Modi","url":"\/india\/vrindavan-widows-plan-to-send-rakhis-to-prime-minister-narendra-modi-2182386.html","aws_img":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/img\/2016\/08\/modi-14-1471196081.jpg","aws_img_webp":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/webp\/img\/2016\/08\/modi-14-1471196081.jpg"},{"title":"Hariyali Teej: No entry for outside vehicles in Vrindavan","url":"\/lucknow\/hariyali-teej-no-entry-outside-vehicles-vrindavan-2170429.html","aws_img":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/img\/2016\/08\/teej-3-02-1470142572.jpg","aws_img_webp":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/webp\/img\/2016\/08\/teej-3-02-1470142572.jpg"},{"title":"Ravi Shankar Prasad Distributes Aadhaar Cards to Vrindavan’s Widows","url":"\/india\/ravi-shankar-prasad-distributes-aadhaar-cards-vrindavan-s-wi-2114343.html","aws_img":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/img\/2016\/05\/03-1459653353-ravi-shankar-prasad-20-1463756740.jpg","aws_img_webp":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/webp\/img\/2016\/05\/03-1459653353-ravi-shankar-prasad-20-1463756740.jpg"},{"title":"Maneka Gandhi lays foundation of India's largest widow Home","url":"\/india\/maneka-gandhi-lays-foundation-india-s-largest-widow-home-2054511.html","aws_img":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/img\/2016\/03\/maneka-gandhi5656-29-1459253964.jpg","aws_img_webp":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/webp\/img\/2016\/03\/maneka-gandhi5656-29-1459253964.jpg"},{"title":"Akhilesh Yadav announces new facilities for Vrindavan widows","url":"\/india\/akhilesh-announces-new-facilities-for-vrindavan-widows-2050472.html","aws_img":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/img\/2016\/03\/akhilesh-yadav-addressing-a-press-conference-24-1458796846.jpg","aws_img_webp":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/webp\/img\/2016\/03\/akhilesh-yadav-addressing-a-press-conference-24-1458796846.jpg"},{"title":"Vrindavan widows celebrate Holi at a temple","url":"\/india\/vrindavan-widows-celebrate-holi-at-temple-2047546.html","aws_img":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/img\/2016\/03\/21-1458555683-vrindavan-widows.jpg","aws_img_webp":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/webp\/img\/2016\/03\/21-1458555683-vrindavan-widows.jpg"},{"title":" Smriti Irani Yamuna Expressway Accident - What Actually Happened?","url":"\/feature\/smriti-irani-yamuna-expressway-accident-what-actually-happened-2033804.html","aws_img":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/img\/2016\/03\/06-1457232892-smriti-irani-6068.jpg","aws_img_webp":"https:\/\/imagesvs.oneindia.com\/webp\/img\/2016\/03\/06-1457232892-smriti-irani-6068.jpg"}]}">
