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Ahead of Holi, markets decked up with colours

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Colours and water guns on display in Sirki Bazar ahead of Holi festival in Bathinda on Monday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
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Sukhmeet Bhasin

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Tribune News Service

Bathinda, March 18

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The city markets have been decked up with shops selling different colours and pichkaris (water guns) ahead of holi. Organic colours seem to be in great demand as cautious customers could be seen making a beeline in front of the stores. There are also several shops selling traditional and chemical colours. The most popular, however seems to be the ‘herbal gulal’, following warnings issued during Holi to stay vary of chemically adulterated colours.

During the past few years the festival of colours, Holi, has changed a lot. Its only reason is that the festival is not limited to use of or gulal. New Holi items have flooded markets in the city. Just like Diwali, the holy city is known for celebrating Holi with passion in Punjab.

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With each passing year, the sale of gulal being sold in open is decreasing and that of packaged herbal colours is increasing.

Ishan Singh, city resident said , “I will buy bunch of balloons for my children. I will only use plain water instead of any chemical-enriched colour. Instead, I will go for organic colours.”

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