Photos: Hindus celebrate Holi in burst of color
Holi celebrations marks the advent of spring and is also known as the festival of colors. Look through the gallery to view people celebrating this colorful event in India.
Holi festivals
A man smears the face of a woman with colors during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Holi festivals
Indians smear colored powder at each other during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Holi festivals
Indians smear colors on each other's faces during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Hyderabad, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Holi festivals
Indians play with colored powder during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Hyderabad, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Holi festivals
A man throws colored powder on a woman during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Holi festivals
A man lies on the ground smeared with colored powder during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Holi festivals
Indians throw colored powder and sprinkle water as they dance during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Holi festivals
A man throws colored powder on a woman during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Holi festivals
An Indian girl, face smeared with color, reacts to camera as she squirts water on others during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Gauhati, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Holi festivals
Indians throw colored powder and dance during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Gauhati, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Holi festivals
Indians throw colored powder and dance during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Gauhati, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Holi festivals
Indian women smear colors on their faces as they celebrate "Holi," a festival of colors, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, March 16, 2014. The festival heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Holi festivals
Indian women smear colors on their faces as they celebrate "Holi," a festival of colors, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, March 16, 2014. The festival heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Holi festivals
A girl reacts as women smear color on her face to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Allahabad, , India, Sunday, March 16, 2014. The festival heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Holi festivals
Indian women smear colors on their faces as they celebrate "Holi," a festival of colors, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, March 16, 2014. The festival heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Holi festivals
Indians throw colored powder and sprinkle water as they dance during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Holi festivals
A Sadhu or Hindu holy man leans against a closed door at the Nandagram Temple famous for Lord Krishna during Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon 120 kilometers ( 75 miles) from New Delhi, India, Monday, March 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Holi festivals
Nepalese girls dance and smear each others faces with color as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors at the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 16, 2014. The festival also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Holi festivals
Nepalese people celebrate Holi, the festival of colors with colored powder at the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 16, 2014. The festival also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Holi festivals
Nepalese girls dance and smear each others faces with color as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors at the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 16, 2014. The festival also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Holi festivals
Indians play in a mud pool during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Hyderabad, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Holi festivals
Indians participate in an artificial rain dance during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Hyderabad, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Holi festivals
Indian devotees raise their hands to catch colored water sprayed on them by a saint during Holi festival celebration at the Swaminarayan Hindu temple in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Holi festivals
An Indian saint sprays colored water as another throws colored powder on devotees during Holi festival celebration at the Swaminarayan Hindu temple in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Holi festivals
Nepalese girls dance and smear each others faces with color as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors at the Basantapur Durbar Square, in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 16, 2014. The festival also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Holi festivals
Indian nationals with colored powder on their faces celebrate the Holi festival in suburban Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines, Sunday March 16, 2014. The event is led by Indian nationals as they mark Holi, a Hindu spring festival also known as festival of colors, and sometimes festival of love. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Holi festivals
Hindu men from the village of Nangaon covered with colored powder sit on the floor during prayers at the Ladali or Radha temple before the procession for the Lathmar Holy festival, the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, in Barsana 115 kilometers ( 71 miles) from New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Holi festivals
Hindu men from the village of Nangaon are covered in colored powder as they play holi at the Ladali or Radha temple before the procession for the Lathmar Holi festival, the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, in Barsana 115 kilometers ( 71 miles) from New Delhi, India , in New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Holi festivals
Hindu men from the village of Nangaon throw colored powder at each other as they play holi at the Ladali or Radha temple before the procession for the Lathmar Holi festival, the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, in Barsana 115 kilometers ( 71 miles) from New Delhi, India , in New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Holi festivals
Indian children react to camera as they play with colored powder ahead of the Holi festival in Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, March 15, 2014. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also marks the advent of spring, is being celebrated across the country Monday. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Holi festivals
An Indian boy drags another on the floor of an apartment as they play with colors during the Holi festival in Chennai, India, Sunday, March 16, 2014. The festival also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K)
Holi festivals
Indian Hindu devotees covered in color dances as they arrive at the Nandagram Temple famous for Lord Krishna during the Lathmar Holy festival in Nandgaon 120 kilometers (75 miles) from New Delhi, India, Monday, March 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Holi festivals
An Indian man throws colored powder on another as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The festival heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/ Rafiq Maqbool)
Holi festivals
An Indian woman shakes her head covered in colored powder as she celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The festival heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/ Rafiq Maqbool)
Holi festivals
An Indian girl, face smeared with colored powder, sits on the shoulder of her father during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Gauhati, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The festival also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Holi festivals
Indian Hindu widows throw flower petals at Bindeshwar Pathak, left, founder of non-governmental organization Sulabh International, during holy celebrations organized by the organization at the Meera Sahbhagini Ashram in Vrindavan, India, Friday, March 14, 2014. (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)
Holi festivals
Indian Hindu widows throw colored powder at each other as part of Holi celebrations organized by a non-governmental organization Sulabh at the Meera Sahbhagini Ashram in Vrindavan, India, Friday, March 14, 2014. The widows, many of whom at times have lived desperate lives in the streets of the temple town, celebrated the festival at the century old ashram. After their husband's deaths the women have been banished by their families, for supposedly bringing bad luck, to the town where devotees believe Lord Krishna was born. (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)
Holi festivals
Indian Hindu widows play with colored water for the first time as part of Holi celebrations organized by a non-governmental organization Sulabh at the Meera Sahbhagini Ashram in Vrindavan, India, Friday, March 14, 2014. (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)
Holi festivals
An Indian Hindu widow rests after celebrating Holi at the Meera Sahbhagini Ashram in Vrindavan, India, Friday, March 14, 2014. (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)
Holi festivals
An Indian man with his face smeared with colours to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Holi festivals
Indians, with their faces smeared with color and glitter, lift a man during Holi celebrations at Loknath, in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Holi festivals
Indians, faces smeared with colored powder, dance during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Gauhati, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The festival also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Holi festivals
An Indian man has his face smeared with colors to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, March 16, 2014. The festival heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)