In a village in the western state of Gujarat, a huge bonfire of 200 tons of wood was lit on Sunday night. Devotees are performing the largest ''Holika Dahan'' as part of the Holi festival ...

Hindu men from the villages of Nandgaon and Barsana celebrate the Lathmar Holi festival at the Radha Rani temple in Barsana village, Mathura, India, Feb. 24, 2018.

In Rajasthan's Nagar village, Holi is strictly a women's festival. Following a 500-year-old custom, all menstarting from boys above fivemust leave the village on Holi morning.

People perform rituals around the bonfire or sacred fire called ‘Holi ka dahan’ during Holi festival celebrations in Palaj village near Gandhinagar, India, Thursday, March 13, 2025.

1 Villagers from Barsana and Nandgaon smeared with colors play Lathmar Holi at Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, March 19, 2024.

epa04117412 Indian people celebrate the annual Lathmar Holi festival in Barsana village, Mathura, India, 09 March 2014. Holi is the Hindu spring festival of colors. In Barsana, people celebrate a ...

On the night ahead of Holi, villagers gather at an open space with three huge trunks of betel nut trees for performing various rituals that culminate into "Sheni Ujo".

“Holi is a festival of harmony,” said Bishun Pandey, 67, president of the Bharatiya Hindu Temple in Powell and a mathematics professor at Ohio State University.

The Google Doodle March 2, 2018, celebrated the festival Holi. Google Eight facts about Holi: The ... during a gathering at a temple in Nandgaon village in Uttar Pradesh state.

In Bageshwar's Dhurafat area, more than a dozen villages do not celebrate the festival of colours, ... In Raikholi, which is Chandan Rawat's village, Holi has not been celebrated for 90 years.

Holi, also known as the festival of colors, marks the arrival of spring on March 8. ... The mandir is located at 11715 Bellfort Village. A bonfire will be held at 6:30 p.m. March 6, ...