A Colorful Look at the Hindu Holi Celebration
An Indian child reacts as colored powder is smeared on her hair during Holi festival in Chennai, India, on March 27, 2013. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also marks the advent of spring, is being celebrated across the country Wednesday. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K)
Each spring during the last full moon of the lunar month, Hindus around the world celebrate Holi. This ritual is called the Festival of Colors because celebrants joyfully splash each other with brightly colored powder and water in celebration of springtime and to honor the playful side of Krishna. Holi grants Hindus a chance to just dance, play, and enjoy a moment of freedom and fun. TheAtlantic.com featured the following photos of Holi to offer a peek into the lively and lovely celebration.
Here are some of the dramatic images from the gallery:
Indian Hindu devotees throw colored powder at the Radha Rani temple during the Lathmar Holi festival in Barsana, on March 21, 2013. Lathmar Holi is a local celebration, but it takes place well before the national Holi day on March 27.(Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)
A man flings a pail of orange colored water towards a group of women during Huranga at the Dauji temple near the northern Indian city of Mathura March 28, 2013. Huranga is a game played between men and women a day after Holi, during which men drench women with liquid colors and women tear off the clothes of the men. (Reuters/Vivek Prakash)
Hindu devotees play with color during Holi celebrations at the Banke Bihari temple on March 27, 2013 in Vrindavan, India.(Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
Hindu men rest during Lathmaar Holi celebrations on March 22, 2013 in the village of Nundgaon near Mathura, India.(Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
A boy smeared with colors reacts as another boy throws water on him during Holi celebrations in the southern Indian city of Chennai, on March 27, 2013. (Reuters/Babu)
Hindu devotees play with color during Holi celebrations at the Banke Bihari temple on March 27, 2013 in Vrindavan, India.(Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
A Hindu devotee in a cloud of colored powder inside a temple during Lathmar Holi in Barsana, India, on March 21, 2013.(Reuters/Vivek Prakash)
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See the entire image gallery at The Atlantic.