Holi knows no bars, Holi knows no boundaries too. Across the world wherever Indians or people of Indian origin are present Holi is celebrated with gusto and bonhomie. People play with colours, light a bonfire called Holika and celebrate the victory of good over evil.
Well, the essence of any festival is to take a break from the daily humdrum of life and make it interesting. The other major intention of celebrating festival is to bring people together and generate a feeling of brotherhood and spread harmony all around.
Nobody realizes the importance of celebrating festivals than the Indians settled abroad away from their country and cultural roots. At times they are more eager to celebrate festivals than their Indian counterparts. For celebrating festivals is what binds the people of Indian origin together and also to their roots.
A widow participates in a celebration of the Holi festival at Gopinath temple,Vrindavan Thousands of Hindu widows, shunned and ignored by their own families, marked the Hindu spring festival of colours
A widow smeared with colours covers her face during Holi celebrations, the arrival of spring festival, at the Gopinath temple in Vrindavan
A woman shuts her eyes as coloured powder is smeared on her face during Holi celebration in Guwahati
Boys play with coloured water on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu
College students play with powdered colour as they take part in Holi festival celebrations in Lucknow
Devotees playing with colours at historical Govind Dev Ji temple in Jaipur . The streets and lanes across most of India have turned into a large playground where people of all faiths throw colored powder and water at each other
Hindu men playing with gulal at Radha Rani temple in Barsana
Holi marks the end of winter and honours the triumph of good over evil
Men from the village of Nandgaon throw coloured powder at each other before joining a procession for the Lathmar Holi festival at the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, in Barsana
People of Barsana and Nandgaon at Radha Rani temple play Holi in Barsana. Nandgaon is the hometown of Radha, a close friend of Lord Krishna in Hindu mythology. According to the Holi tradition, the throwing of gulal originates with Radha and Lord Krishna
People smear colored powder on the face of a girl as they celebrate Hol in New Delhi. Celebrants light bonfires, throw colourful powder called gulal, eat sweets, and dance to traditional folk music
Youth play with water and coloured powder during Holi festival celebrations in Jammu
A child plays with gulal during the Holi celebration
A girl with her face smeared with red colour powder at college campus in Ranchi
A Hindu devotee covered in coloured powder stands outside the Durgiana Temple
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