House of delicate sticks for Lakshmi, constructed to symbolize the tentativeness of time as the month of Karttik disintegrates into the dark moon night of Divali. Temple of Radharamanji, Brindavan. Lamp offering’s beseech Lakshmi’s presence in the year to come, lighting her way to earth.
Fig. 7 – McKim Marriott, “The Feast of Love”
Squirting colored water at passersby as Holi approaches in Brindavan.
Fig. F – McKim Marriott, “The Feast of Love”
The women of Barsana (Radha’s natal town) display their strength and release pent-up resentment by attacking the men of Nandagaon (Krishna’s natal town) in a famous Holi ritual of reversed gender roles.
