Mathura (UP), Mar 2 (PTI) Hundreds of widows will celebrate the festival of colours on March 6 in Uttar Pradesh's Vrindavan.

This event of Holi will be organised in the premises of Radha Gopinath Temple, one of the seven temples of the city.

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Gulal and flowers like rose and marigold have been arranged on a large scale to celebrate the festival.

Vineeta Verma, vice-president of social organisation Sulabh International, said hundreds of destitute and widowed mothers living in shelter homes of Vrindavan will celebrate the

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Sevayat Gopinathlal Dev Goswami of Radha Gopinath temple said preparations for Holi have started in the temple. Gulal and colours have been brought in from Delhi along with a ton of different types of flowers.

The celebration of Holi by these women has become a major event in the previous years in Mathura.

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