Holi 2023: How the festival was celebrated across the country
Also known as the 'festival of colours', it is celebrated by playing with colours and exchanging gifts and sweets.
Updated: March 9, 2023 09:10 IST
1 / 14Holi is celebrated with great fervour across the country. Also known as the 'festival of colours', it is celebrated by playing with organic colours and exchanging gifts and sweets. This year, Holi is being celebrated with utmost joy and vibrance. As such, here are some celebratory pictures. For the past 138 years, two days before Holi, Lord Sri Krishna (Satyanarayan) has been playing with colours in a more than 100-year-old Rolls Royce car of 1921, an initiative of the Marwari Society. in Kolkata. (Express Photo by Shashi Ghosh)
2 / 14Supreme Court Bar Association members during a Holi Milan programme in Supreme Court complex, in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
3 / 14A 40-feet effigy highlighting the current issues has been installed celebrating 'Holika Dahan', at Worli in Mumbai. (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)
4 / 14Huge crowd seen at Sadar Bazar market ahead of Holi in New Delhi (Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
5 / 14Students of Gotirth Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad play Holi with natural colour powders made from plants, vegetables and cow dung. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
6 / 14Students applying colours a day before Holi festival in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)
7 / 14'Holika Dahan' bonfire held at Palaj village, Gandhinagar. (Express Photo by Nirmal Harindran)
8 / 14Huge crowd congregated at Juhu Beach on the occasion of Holi celebrations. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
9 / 14People play with coloured powder to celebrate the festival of Holi in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
10 / 14Range Barse, an event organised for under-privileged kids at Tilak Ayurvedic School ground by Bhoi Foundation. (Express Photo by Arul Horizon)
11 / 14Holi celebration in Bengaluru. (Express Photo by Jithendra M.)
12 / 14Celebrations a day before Holi in Ludhiana. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)
13 / 14During Holi celebrations in Ludhiana. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)
14 / 14Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath celebrating Holi festival in Gorakhpur. (Express Photo by Vishal Srivastav)
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