Around 300 years ago, King Malhar Rao Holkar of Indore started this tradition, after which it was carried forward by his successor Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar and it is still going on.
Muzzafarpur (Bihar) [India], August 31 (ANI): The farmers in Bihar have said that no relief has been provided to them from the state government even as the floods in the state have practically destroyed the fields, damaged standing crops and washed away everything.