Hindus across India celebrate Holi, festival of colors

Millions of people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors
Millions of people in South Asia are celebrating Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, by smearing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and feasting on traditional sweets prepared for the occasion.
Water Balloons and Bollywood, India covers itself with color on Holi festival
The vivid festival marks the beginning of spring, symbolizes the defeat of evil and celebrates the love between the Hindu deities Krishna and Radha.
Hindus across India celebrate Holi, the festival of colors
Hindus across India celebrated Holi, the festival of colors, on Friday (March 14) as they smeared colored powder at each other while dancing to upbeat songs.
AP PHOTOS: With a kaleidoscope of colors, the Hindu festival of Holi signals the arrival of spring
Millions of Indians on Friday celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink, and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a joyful kaleidoscope of color.
Indians celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours
Revellers across India smear and throw colours at each other, dancing to music as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours. Holi is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month.
India celebrates Holi: Festival of colours grips nation
The Festival of Colours, Holi, is being celebrated across India with great enthusiasm. From Delhi to Mathura and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, to Maharashtra and Bengal, people are participating in the festivities.
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