Before starting any ritual, married women in the family bathe and dress in new Nauvari sarees (a nine-yard saree worn by Koli women). They then clasp their ears as a gesture of seeking forgiveness from Holika for any past transgressions.

Creator

• Mumbai Archive Project Team

Contributori

• Ankita Jain

Publisher

• Jio Institute

Parola chiave

• Goddess Holika
• Haldi
• Worli Koliwada
• Maharashtra
• Mumbai
• Koli
• Koliwada
• Hiranyakashipu
• Mumbai Archive Project
• Haul Mata
• Holika Dahan
• Nauvari Saree
• Holi

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• Mumbai

Resource type

• Image

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