'Milk Holi' Is Celebrated Along the Ganges at Har Ki Pauri... This Unique Tradition Is Linked to a 116-Year-Old Story.

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At Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar, devotees usually take a dip in the Ganges and perform aarti, but this time the scene was different. Instead of colors, they carried buckets of milk and squirt guns. Members of the Multani community, who had come from across the country, played "Milk Holi" with Mother Ganga, applying gulal (colourful colour) and praying for peace and happiness. Behind this is a story dating back to 1911, when Lala Roopchand, a merchan…