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This black and white photograph of the widows of Vrindavan celebrating holi shows their joy for being able to be a part of this colourful festival but it also shows the lack of colours in their lives. Being able to play holi is just one step forward to their liberation from an age old practice of being labelled as inauspicious as a lot has to be done for their upliftment
Author: Abhishek Hajela
Abhishek Hajela
Photo size: 15.9 Mpixels (45.6 MB uncompressed) - 4608x3456 pixels (15.4x11.5 in / 39x29.3 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: black and white, celebrations, chanting, Colours, colours of India, dancing, emotions, expressions, Festival, festival of colours, festivals of India, festivities, flower petals, flowers, Gopinath Temple, Holi, India, old women, people, playing holi, portrait, purdah, saree, street photography, streets of Vrindavan, temple, travel, travel photography, travel portrait, Uttar Pradesh, veil, white sarees, widows, woman, women, wrinkles
Published in: The Widows of Vrindawan!