Photos: Holi, the 'festival of colours', celebrated across India

Festival, also known as the Festival of Colors, heralds the beginning of spring

Published: March 25, 2024 18:18 Compiled by Devadasan K P, Chief Visual Editor

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Millions of Indians celebrated Monday, the Hindu Holi festival, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a joyful kaleidoscope of colour. Image Credit: AFP

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Widely known as the Hindu festival of colours, Holi marks the arrival of the spring season in India, Nepal and other South Asian countries, as well as the diaspora. Image Credit: AFP

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Girls spray water on each other during the Holi festival in Agartala. Image Credit: ANI

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Across the country, people dressed in all white celebrated the festival by drenching one another in coloured powder while others flung water balloons filled with coloured pigment from balconies. Some used squirt guns to chase down fellow revellers in parks, and others danced on the streets to music blaring from speakers. Image Credit: AFP

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A man is smeared with colours as he celebrates Holi in Hyderabad. Image Credit: AFP

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Women celebrate Holi in Chennai. Image Credit: AFP

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A girl smeared with colours during the Holi celebrations, in Agartala. Image Credit: ANI

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Celebrations in Kolkata. Image Credit: AFP

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Hindu devotees pray as they are sprayed with coloured water at a temple's premises during Holi celebrations in Ahmedabad. Image Credit: REUTERS

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A man reacts as coloured powder is thrown on his face during Holi celebrations in Mumbai, India. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Women smear colours on each other's faces during Holi celebrations in Kolkata. Image Credit: AFP

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