In pictures: Students of Gotirth Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad, play Holi with natural colours made from plants, vegetables and cow dung

Ahead of Holi, the festival of colours, students in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, enjoyed a clean and green holi -- which was not only skin-friendly, but also suitable for the environment. (Pic source: Nirmal Harindran)

Students of Gotirth Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad played holi with natural colour powders made from plants, vegetables and cow dung on Sunday. The festival will be celebrated on March 8. (Pic source: Express Nirmal Harindran)

Interestingly, the colours were also prepared by the students themselves using different plants like spinach and fenugreek leaves, carrots, beetroot, turmeric, indigo plants etc. (Pic source: Nirmal Harindran)

Kalpesh Joshi, the director of the institute, came up with the idea of celebrating an eco-friendly holi 10 years ago. (Pic source: Nirmal Harindran)

"Such a celebration was started 10 years ago with only the students and teachers involved, but since it has had a tremendous positive impact on people now it has turned into a very big event," Joshi told indianexpress.com. (Pic source: Nirmal Harindran)

As the Vidyapeeth has a gaushala in the same campus, the students made use of cow dung and also celebrated Dhuleti. (Pic source: Nirmal Harindran)

Students and other staff members made cow dung cakes to be used as an eco-friendly option for Holika Dahan burning pyre at Gotirth Vidyapeeth (Pic source: Nirmal Harindran)

"The initiative is a reminder that you can enjoy Holi without harming your skin and environment," Joshi concluded. (Pic source: Nirmal Harindran)