A girl winces as others apply colored powder on her while celebrating Holi in Mumbai Friday. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters …
A man has colored water splashed on him during Holi celebrations in the southern Indian city of Chennai Friday. Reuters …
Widows daubed in colors dance as part of the Holi celebrations organized by nongovernmental organization Sulabh International at a widows’ ashram in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Friday. Traditionally in Hindu culture, widows are expected to renounce earthly pleasure so they do not celebrate Holi. But women at the shelter for widows, who have been abandoned by their families, celebrated the festival by throwing flowers and colored powder. Ahmad Masood/Reuters …
An Indian woman’s face is smeared with colored powder during celebrations of the Holi festival in the Sivasagar district of northeastern Assam state, India, Friday. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images …
A widow daubed in colors takes part in Holi celebrations organized by the nongovernmental organization Sulabh International. Adnan Abidi/Reuters …
Vasantotsav, or Spring Festival, was celebrated Monday in the rest of India as “Holi” is a popular Hindu festival. Vasantotsav was started by poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore at Shantiniketan, the university he founded. Arindam Shivaani/Nur Photo/Zuma Press …
People spray colored foam on women as they walk in a lane near the Bankey Bihari temple during Holi celebrations in Vrindavan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Jitendra Prakash/Reuters …
Men sing religious songs as they celebrate “Lathmar Holi" at Nandgaon, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Friday. Ahmad Masood/Reuters …
A man sings religious songs as he celebrates “Lathmar Holi” at Barsana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Friday. In a Holi tradition unique to Barsana, men sing provocative songs to gain the attention of women, who then “beat” them with bamboo sticks called “lathis.” Ahmad Masood/Reuters …
Hindu men from the village of Nandgaon smeared with powdered colors attend the Lathmar Holi festival at the Radha Rani temple in Barsana village, Mathura, India Friday. In Barsana, birthplace of Hindu God Krishna's beloved Radha, residents celebrate a variation of Holi called “Lathmar” Holi, during which the women beat the men from Nandgaon, the hometown of Hindu God Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their efforts to put color on them. Rajat Gupta/European Pressphoto Agency …
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