The Bhandara festival is celebrated with much fervour and enthusiasm amongst devotees at the Khandoba Temple in Jejuri. Khandoba is worshipped with turmeric, marigold flowers and belfruit-leaves. For the devotees, turmeric signifies gold. Therefore, they throw turmeric on each other and all around, filling the air and the skies in beautiful hues of yellow. Immersed in turmeric, devotees perform various rituals and sing and dance invoking the deity in their prayers.While capturing the celebration [...]
