Oh what a colourful festivel!!!!!!!!

Holi ... Oh what a colourful festivel!!!!!!!!

People in India and other countries with large Hindu populations celebrated Holi, the Festival of Colors. A welcoming of Spring, Holi is celebrated as the triumph of good over evil. Hindu devotees and others enthusiastically drop their inhibitions, and chase each other in temples and through the streets, playfully splashing colorful paint, powder and water on each other. People also attend bonfires to commemorate the story of Prahlada, a Hindu figure and devout follower of Lord Vishnu who prevailed over his father and the demoness Holika with the power of his devotion. Collected here are a handful of images from this year's Festival of Colors.

Children, their faces smeared with colored powder, participate in Holi festivities , .

 

Students smear colored powder on each other

Men smeared with facepaint and colored powder pose for a picture during Holi

People dance as colored water pours on them during Holi festivities

A woman, her face smeared with colored powder, participates in Holi festivities

Men daubed in colors celebrate the re-enactment of a local tradition of "Lathmar Holi",

Artists dressed as Hindu Lord Krishna (left) and his consort Radha are showered with rose petals

A boy with his face smeared in color smiles during the celebrations of Holi

Dye covers the foot of a Hindu devotee as others play with color during Holi celebrations

A woman closes her eyes as colored powder is thrown on her face during the celebrations of Holi

A child rests inside tomato pulp as part of the celebration of Holi in Hyderabad, India

Hindu devotees play with color during Holi celebrations

 

Young boys playing Holi, known as Kanhas, the childhood name for the God Krishna, throw color over Hindu devotees during Holi celebrations

A Hindu priest throws color onto Hindu devotees during Holi celebrations

 

 

Children pose after covering themselves with a colored powder called abir during the celebration of Phagwa, or Holi,

A man, his face smeared with colored powder, .

 

A boy is covered with a colored powder called abir during the celebration of Phagwa, or Holi,

Priests throw color on the devotees celebrating Holi

Hindu devotees play with color during Holi celebrations

A man watches a procession celebrating Holi in Mathura, .

 

Indian kids smeared with colors look on as they celebrate Holi in Calcutta,

Girls smeared with colored powder are splashed with colored water as they celebrate Holi in the southern Indian city of Chennai .

 

Indian boys smeared with colors celebrate Holi in Calcutta, .

 

A girl smeared with color throws colored powder as she joins in celebrations of Holi in Vrindavan, India,

Children pour colored water on each other during Holi in Allahabad,

 

Hindu devotees smear each other's faces with color during Holi celebrations

An Indian girl reacts as others throw colored powder at her as part of Holi, in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, .

 

Men and women take part in "huranga" in Dauji temple near the northern Indian city of Mathura March 2, 2010. Huranga is a game played between men and women a day after Holi, during which men drench women with liquid colors and women tear off the clothes of the men.

 

A Hindu devotee stands covered in brightly-colored powder during Holi celebrations

Clothes hang from overhead power and telephone lines after they were torn and thrown during Holi celebrations in Allahabad,

People smear the face of a young man with colored powder during Holi festivities in Mumbai,

People smeared with colored powder celebrate Holi in Ahmedabad,

Young men celebrating Holi greet a passerby as they ride a bike in Mumbai,

Colored water is splashed on women during Holi festivities in Allahabad,

People smear colored powder on each other during Holi festivities

A girl washes herself after taking part in Holi

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SHYJITH M