Masan holi

Varanasi - Uttar Pradesh - India

This festival, Masan holi celebrated at the Manikarnika Ghat, is unique to Varanasi, where Shiva devotees and Aghoris play Holi with ashes from cremation pyres, embracing the idea of death as liberation rather than sorrow. Your image perfectly encapsulates this spiritual paradox—where death, devotion, and celebration merge into one hauntingly beautiful moment.