Kanpur: Tension prevailed after a youth installed a saffron flag at the Imam Chowk in the Mir Vaishya Tola locality within the Sadar Kotwali police jurisdiction on Sunday night. The Imam Chowk is ...

Tucked in a valley beneath the snow-capped Himalayas of the Indian Kashmir region is the town of Pampore, famed for its farms that grow the world’s most expensive spice - the red-hued saffron.

Others surround him, with some holding the saffron flag of Hinduism, all repeating a centuries-old ritual that Hindus believe cleanses them of their sins and releases them from the cycle of rebirth.