The Friends of India Society is gearing up to host its annual festival at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds on June 14.

Hundreds of people celebrated Holi in Alexandra Park in Ipswich on April 6 as paint was thrown in the air in celebration ...

A rite of spring, Holi is the festival of “love and colors” celebrated in India and worldwide, according to Gaurav Kukreja, ...

From Mathura, the birthplace of Lord Krishna, to the regal celebrations in Udaipur and the cultural charm of Shantiniketan, ...

In 2024, a day before Holi, a girl was kidnapped, raped and murdered. For the next three days, police spoke to neighbours and collected clues to pin down the suspect.

Vishwaroop Temple and Dharamshala celebrated Holi in spectacular fashion in Tongaat on Saturday. The event went ahead despite the weekend’s heavy rain showers, with stalls offering everything from ...

031525_GC_Holi03rgb.jpg A group of women toss handfuls of popcorn, grains and coconuts into a bonfire during a Holi celebration at the Hindu Temple Society of New Mexico on Friday. “If you went ...

Called ‘Ek Nagar, Ek Holi’, it was the brainwave of five local residents of Kurla’s Nehru Nagar – the idea was to minimise the number of individual Holi bonfires in the neighbourhood by ...

Holi is one of India's biggest festivals, and millions of people make nostalgic journeys to their hometowns to celebrate with loved ones by lighting bonfires on festival eve, which signifies the ...

Holi festival Holi celebration at the Lord Jagannath ... In many parts of India, people also light large bonfires the night before the festival to signify the destruction of evil and victory ...

It also has a religious connotation as well. The night before Holi, bonfires are lit in a ceremony known as Holika Dahan (burning of Holika) or Little Holi. People gather near fires, sing and dance.