Varanasi, March 26 -- In the religious and spiritual city of Kashi, the three-day "Shringar Mahotsav" (Adornment Festival) of Shri Shri 1008 Baba Mahashmashan Nath Ji-held from the fifth (Panchami) to the seventh (Saptami) day of "Chaitra Navratri"-concluded on Wednesday night.
At the Mahashmashan Nath Temple located at Manikarnika Ghat, courtesans of the city offered their heartfelt devotional tribute to "Baba" through the medium of dance , praying for liberation from their hellish existence and seeking blessings for their well-being.
Temple administrator Gulshan Kapoor remarked that such a scene-burning funeral pyres on one side and the practice of devotional dance on the other-is possible only in Kashi. As the 'Yoginis' (female ascetic...