DHAMI: Nearly 40 kilometres from Shimla, the Dhami village recently organized a stone pelting fair Thousands of people from different villages near Dhami gathered to celebrate the fair of stones throwing.The young representatives of the royal family of Dhami participated in this fair with an objective to preserve and promote the century-old tradition for a good cause by their family.
The religious faith and trust of the villagers of Dhami still motivate them to throw stones at each other to celebrate the festival.The historic fair is celebrated on next day of the Diwali . A large number of people gather here to see the fair,” said a member of the organizing committee.
People believe that the erstwhile queen of Dhami sacrificed herself to end the practice of human sacrifice and asked people to start a fair in which people of two clans will throw stones at the sky and continue until someone is hit, and the blood of that person would be then offered to the Goddess Kali
