Kathmandu, March 3
Holi, the festival of colours, started with the installation of a chir (bamboo pole) decorated with pieces of colourful cloths, at Hanumandhoka Durbar Square, Basantapur, at 7:45am today.
Erection of chir symbolises tree on which Hindu deity Krishna is said to have hung milkmaids’ clothes while they were bathing in the Jamuna River in northern India, according to the legend. Erection of the pole in Basantapur marks the beginning of the festival, which lasts for a week. At the end of Holi, the pole is reduced to ashes.
However, the main day o
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