Mathura, India. 09th Mar, 2017. Thousands of widowed women gathered at temples in Vrindavan in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to celebrate the spring festival of Holi. In doing so, they violated a 400-year-old Hindu tradition. Orthodox Hinduism demands that women renounce earthly pleasures after the death of their husbands and live out their days in worship. These women often are ostracized by the society and considered cursed. Credit: Akshay Gupta/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News

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