"On the 13th we play phag (throw Holi color) to remember the blood that flowed on that day. Just at Chittor they do it, thirteen days after Holi..."
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According to Lindsey Harlan, the jauhar of 1568 is a part of regional legend and is locally remembered on the Hindu festival of Holi as a day of Chittorgarh massacre by the Akbar army, with "the red color signifying the blood that flowed on that day". Lindsey Harlan (2003). The Goddesses' Henchmen: Gender in Indian Hero Worship
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