Holi, Indian Festival of Color
Holi (also known as Dol Jatra, Basantotsav) is the Hindu festival of colors. It is celebrated at the end of the winter season, on the last full moon day of the lunar month Phalguna.
Holi is celebrated by people throwing perfume and coloured powders at each other. It has roots in many Hindu legends associated with the triumph of good over evil.

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Indian children play with colored powder during the procession by Hindu Utsav Samiti on the occasion of the Rangpanchami festival in Bhopal, India,


A man smears bright green powder on a woman's face as they celebrate the Holi festival in Barsul village 89km west of Calcutta, India,


Girls throw coloured powder at each other during celebrations of the Hindu festival 'Holi' in Bangalore


British Asian actress, singer and model Sofia Hayat (L) and Indian Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant (R) celebrate Indian Hindu festival ‘Holi’ at a Zoom party in Mumbai


Pakistani Hindus gather during Holi celebrations in Lahore


An Indian student puts Aabir (coloured dust) onto a friend's face during Vasantotsav, 'the Festival of Spring' in Kolkata


A man drives a two-wheeler with his children covered in colours during Holi celebrations in New Delhi


An Indian youth jumps into coloured water during Holi celebrations in Hyderabad


Bangladeshi youths spray colored water on each other as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors at Dhanmondi Lake in Dhaka, Bangladesh


Indian women beat men with wooden sticks as the men shield themselves during the annual Lathmar Holi festival in Barsana village, Mathura


Indian villagers smear themselves with colours during the Lathmar Holi festival at the Nandji Temple in Nandgaon


Hindu revellers celebrate to mark the festival of Holi, in Chaman Pakistan


A tourist put his face into a plate of Aabir (coloured dust) during Vasantotsav, 'the Festival of Spring' in Kolkata


Indian people are smeared with colors as they play Holi, the festival of colors in the northern Indian city of Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir


A tourists gestures as she enjoys a moment celebrating Holi with local people in Kolkata