Photos: India celebrates Holi, the festival of colours

Holi, which marks the advent of spring, is widely celebrated in India

Last updated: March 10, 2020 | 18:32

Compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Digital Content Producer

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Women celebrate Holi in Mumbai. Revellers threw colored powder and sprayed water in massive celebrations of the festival of Holi in India on Tuesday, but the enthusiasm was subdued compared to previous years because of fears of the new coronavirus.

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Young women play with dry colours as they celebrate Holi in Bhopal. The two-day spring festival is a rowdy explosion of colour, with people smearing each other's faces with green, yellow and red powder.

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Student celebrates the Holi in Jabalpur

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A reveller smeared in colour powder celebrates Holi in Mumbai

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Members of Sarrafa Market throwing colors to the people as they celebrate Holi in Lucknow

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A reveller smeared in colour powder celebrates Holi in Mumbai

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Children smeared in color powder celebrates the Holi in New Delhi

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A girl plays with colours on the occasion of the Holi in Bhopal

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People smeared in color powder during the Holi celebrations, at Shyam Mandir in Kolkata

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Foreign tourists smeared in colour powder celebrates the Holi festival, in Pushkar

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Men dance as coloured powder is sprayed on them during Holi celebrations in Prayagraj

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A girl celebrates the Holi festival, in Agartala

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A woman with her face daubed in colours dances during Holi celebrations in Chennai

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Revellers smeared in colour powder celebrate Holi in Siliguri

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People take part in the Holi celebrations in Pushkar

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People daubed in colours cheer during Holi celebrations in a street in Guwahati

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People smeared in colour powder celebrates the Holi festival, in Kolkata

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A girl smeared in color powder during the Holi festival, in Mumbai

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People celebrate Holi in Amritsar

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Women play with dray colors as they celebrate during the Holi festival, in Bhubaneswar

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Students take part in a cultural procession to celebrate Holi in Kolkata

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Women blow coloured power during Holi celebrations in Chennai

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People play with dry colours during Holi celebrations in New Delhi

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People smeared in color powder as they celebrate the Holi in Patna

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A reveller smeared in colour smiles as she celebrates Holi in Bhopal

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Girls play with dry colors during the Holi celebration in Bengaluru

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Foreign tourist smeared in colour powder celebrates the Holi festival, in Pushkar

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Revellers dance as they celebrate Holi in Allahabad

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Revellers dance as they celebrate Holi in Allahabad

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Children smeared in color powder celebrates the Holi in New Delhi

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Students play with colours as they celebrate Holi in Jammu

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Revellers dance as they celebrate Holi in Allahabad

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