Most likely, it was the Festival of Colors, or Holi. With records dating as far back as the fourth century, Holi has been a long-standing tradition of India and the world over.

On the day of Holi, the main portion of the festival, Rangwali Holi, is observed. Those taking part in the festivities cover each other in gulal, a fine powder that comes in many different colours ...

A woman smeared with colors celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on March 7, 2023, in Mumbai, India. Holi is a joyful annual celebration at the advent of spring with cultural and ...

Holi — also known as the Festival of Colors, Love, and Spring — is traditionally celebrated for a night and day on the last full moon day of the Hindu luni-solar calendar month, and ...

Holi is celebrated at the end of winter and the beginning of spring, on the last full moon day of the Hindu luni-solar calendar month of Falgun. The date of the festival varies depending on the ...

Holi celebrations start on the night before the main Holi festival with a Holika Dahan, where people gather around a bonfire, perform religious rituals, and pray that their internal evil be ...

A priest sprays colored powder and water on devotees during celebrations of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 14, 2025.

Holi, which is March 24 this year, is the annual Hindu religious festival in which people fling vivid colored powders and scented water at one another. Joy and giddiness collide in a fog of pigments.

Holi is celebrated at the end of winter and the beginning of spring, on the last full moon day of the Hindu luni-solar calendar month of Falgun. The date of the festival varies depending on the ...

Holi is celebrated at the end of winter and the beginning of spring, on the last full moon day of the Hindu luni-solar calendar month of Falgun. The date of the festival varies depending on the ...

Holi is celebrated at the end of winter and the beginning of spring, on the last full moon day of the Hindu luni-solar calendar month of Falgun. The date of the festival varies depending on the ...