Holi

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A Holi Festival with Radha - Krishna and Gopis

Holi, an important Hindu festival, celebrated by Hindus all over the world, around Phagun Purnima according to Hindu calendar.

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In paintings[edit]

  • Radha celebrating Holi, c1788.

  • Krishna Celebrating Holi with Radha and Gopis ca. 1820.

  • Holi being played in the courtyard, ca 1795 painting.

Markets[edit]

  • Shop selling colours for Holi, Old Delhi.

  • Holi Colors at a street shop at Deanesh Skeikh lane, Howrah.

Public festivities[edit]

Holika Dahan (Holi bonfire)[edit]

  • Women preparing the Holika Dahan bonfire at Thapathali, Kathmandu. Nepal

  • Holika Dahan preparations, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

  • Holika Dahan (Holi bonfire), Hyderabad

  • Holi Bonfire Udaipur.

Dulhendi[edit]

  • Gulal clouds as children play Holi at Pushkar, Rajasthan

  • Lath Mar Holi at Braj, Barsana

  • Holi celebrations, Pushkar, Rajasthan.

Outside Indian subcontinent[edit]

  • Holi celebration at Lower Johnsons Field of the University of New Mexico, the India Student Association

  • Holi Celebrations at UC Berkeley, April 3 2010.

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