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  Varanasi widows break tradition, play Holi on the banks of Ganga

  India | Feb 21, 2015, 01:56 PM IST

  Varanasi: It turned out to be a different and memorable on Friday for hundreds of widows in this temple town as their white attire was smeared in different hues when they, for the first time,

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  Widows of Varanasi preparing 'rakhis' for 'brother' Modi

  India | Aug 03, 2014, 04:06 PM IST

  Varanasi: This ‘Rakshabandhan' festival will be special for hundreds of elderly widows of Varanasi as they plan to send 1,000 ‘rakhis' along with sweets to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made his parliamentary debut in