In pics: How India celebrates Holi

Mar 07, 2012 19:55pm

Have a look at how the festival of colours, Holi is celebrated across India.
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt speaks to the media in Lucknow during Holi celebrations.
Actress Neha Dupia has her face smeared with colours as she enjoys Holi.
A woman playfully beats a man shielding himself in a re-enactment of a local tradition of Latthmar Holi celebrated here since the times of Hindu Lord Krishna in the town of Barsana, Uttar Pradesh state.
Indian paramilitary personnel dance during celebrations of Holi festival in a garrison in Srinagar.
Chelsea Clinton celebrates the Indian spring festival of Holi in the town of Jodhpur.
Politician Yashwant Sinha plays a traditional musical instrument during Holi celebrations.
Politician Atal Behari Vajpayee wears a traditional headdress during Holi festival in New Delhi.
Atal Behari Vajpayee with Yashwant Sinha during Holi celebrations.
Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee enjoys Holi.
Holi, the festival of colours, is celebrated in India to welcome the onset of spring in which people throw colours on each other and distribute sweets.
Veiled women beat a man with long sticks during Holi celebration in village Nandgaon of Uttar Pardesh.
Foreign tourists atop elephants throw colours to celebrate Hindu festival of colours Holi in Jaipur.
An artist dressed as Lord Krishna sprays flower petals on his friends to celebrate Holi during an elephant festival in Jaipur.
An Indian Border Security Force soldier daubed in colours stands guard at a camp in Srinagar.
Indian Border Security Force soldiers celebrate Holi.
A physically impaired boy is smeared with colours as he celebrates Holi in Mumbai.
A man smeared with colours holds a snake during Holi celebrations.
Indian Sadhus play Holi in the city of Allahabad.
Indian homeless boys show their painted faces during the celebration of Holi festival in Kolkata.
A boy with painted face smiles during Holi celebration in Bhopal.
Children play Holi in Kolkata.
A girl participates in the celebrations for the spring season during Holi.
Students celebrate Holi in Ahmedabad.
Children celebrate Holi, also known as the festival of colours, inside a school in the eastern Indian city of Siliguri.
A child rests inside tomato pulp as part of Holi, also known as the festival of colours.
Girls celebrate Holi in Chandigarh, Punjab.
Children celebrate Holi.
Men play musical instruments as a part of Holi celebrations.
A man dances in the mud during Holi.
Revellers bodysurf during Holi, the festival of colours.
A woman listens to chants during Holi, the festival of colors.
Boys dressed as females dance as they celebrate 'Lathmar Holi' at Barsana, UP.
Students of Rabindra Bharati University, daubed in coloured powder, pose for a photograph as they celebrate Holi in Kolkata.
Holi is a festival of colours celebrated all across India.