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No fireworks, no feast: The Himachal village that skips Diwali over a ‘curse’

The village, about 25 kilometres from Hamirpur district headquarters, traces the belief to a woman who, according to local accounts, committed sati and cursed the village against celebrating…

No fireworks, no feast: The Himachal village that skips Diwali over a ‘curse’
No fireworks, no feast: The Himachal village that skips Diwali over a ‘curse’ — image via Google News Himachal Pradesh — Credit: Storywire

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The village, about 25 kilometres from Hamirpur district headquarters, traces the belief to a woman who, according to local accounts, committed sati and cursed the village against celebrating Diwali.

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