Gallery: Holi - The Festival of Colours

Hindu devotees rest during Lathmaar Holi celebrations in the village of Nundgaon, India, March 22, 2013. The tradition of playing with colors on Holi draws its roots from a legend of Radha and the Hindu God Krishna. It is believed that young Krishna ...

3:12pm Indian Hindu devotees participate in rituals for the Lathmar Holi festival at the Nandji Temple in Nandgaon, March 22, 2013. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/) Click to see the rest of ABC's Today

The Hindu spring celebration of Holi does not begin until 27 March, but the world famous festival of colours has already begun in a big way in parts of Uttar Pradesh, India. Barsana village in the north Indian state is bathed in colours as part of ...

Mathura, UP, March 22 : Five days before the actual Holi festival, women revelers beat men with sticks in the traditional Lathmar Holi at Barsana, the village of Lord Krishna's consort Radha. Thousands of pilgrims and tourists thronged a little known ...

From a girl kissing a tiger to women beating a man on Lathmar Holi. DNA handpicks March 22's best pictures for you.

Barsana, March 22 (ANI): The unusual traditional ritual of women beating men with sticks drew hundreds of devotees to Barsana town of Uttar Pradesh to witness the famous 'Lathmar Holi'. According to tradition, men dressed in colourful turbans and ...

Indian revelers covered with colored powder look on during Holi celebrations in Siliguri, on March 27, 2013. As the spring festival of colors, Holi is celebrated in India and Nepal at the end of winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar ...

People across India celebrated the country's most flamboyant festival, Holi, which marks the beginning of spring. The festival, which is celebrated every year with great fervour, traditionally includes extensive use of coloured powder also known as ...

The festival of Holi has always been a boisterous one, in which Indians wait the entire year for the one day when they can splash colors all over each other. It is a phenomenon that resonates equally across urban and rural societies but has many ...