Villagers celebrate 'Shant festival' amid heavy snowfall with great fervor in Shimla

Villagers gathered to celebrate 'Shant festival' with great pomp and show in Shimla. The 'Shant festival' means 'festival of purification'. It is organised to purify the deity, 'Khantu Devta' and the temple. Villagers offered prayers for prosperity and peace of region.