Indian village celebrates end of Diwali with cow dung fight | #ajshorts

Dozens of villagers in Gummatapura, southern India, hurl cow dung at each other for the Gorehabba festival — a local ritual marking the end of Diwali. Devotees believe their deity Beereshwara Swamy was born in cow excrement, which many Hindus consider sacred and purifying.

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Post from Al Jazeera on October 24, 2025