Baisi is a 22-day long traditional ritual that is performed in the pahadi villages of Kumaon and Garhwal in Uttarakhand. It is mutually organised by two or more villages once in a year. In this ritual, any person who takes part as a devotee has to stay in the temple (in Pahadi language, we call it ‘Dhuni’) for 22 days. The devotee goes through a strict routine — eating once in a day...
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