Meitei Hindu

Celebrating Yaoshang (Holi) Amidst Adversity :  A 3000-year-old culture at Risk

© Hindu Voice Team                 Yaoshang (or Holi) is one of the major festivals of Manipur, celebrated by the Meiteis and Bishnupriya Manipuris. The spring festival begins on Phalgun Purnima or the first-full moon day of the lamda month. A ceremonial thatched hut is erected in all the localities on the morning of Phalgun Purnima. …

Randeep Hooda-Lin Laishram’s Meitei Hindu wedding a refreshing break from the woke Bollywood weddings

© Rati Agnihotri It’s been a couple of days since Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda and actor and model Lin Laishram got married, and netizens can’t stop raving about their wedding yet. The reason is that Hooda and Laishram got married in a traditional Meitei Hindu ceremony. The pictures of the bride and the groom dressed …