PHOTO Album: The colours of Holi

Image: People apply coloured powder to a woman's face as they celebrate Holi
Photographs: Amit Dave/Reuters

Revellers, with their clothes dyed in myriad hues, thronged lanes and bylanes dancing to the accompaniment of drums as gusto and bonhomie marked the Holi festival.

Coverage: Rang Barse

Forgetting all rancour and old grievances, people from all walks of life exchanged hugs and embraces wishing "Happy Holi" as unseen hands squirted them with a well-timed coloured water spray.

The spirit of jollity reigned supreme as politicians and commoners mingled with each other on the occasion. Water-filled balloons were hurtled down from rooftops and balconies as cries of Holi hai reverberated the streets which presented a riot of colours.

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PHOTO Album: The colours of Holi

Photographs: Krishnendu Halder/Reuters

A girl reacts as she is smothered in coloured powder while celebrating Holi in Hyderabad

PHOTO Album: The colours of Holi

Photographs: Sahil Salvi

The young and the old splashed colours on each other with religious songs in the background adding to the perfect ambience

PHOTO Album: The colours of Holi

Photographs: Krishnendu Halder/Reuters

A woman laughs as she is drenched in water after having coloured powders applied to her face in Hyderabad

PHOTO Album: The colours of Holi

Photographs: Sahil Salvi

Colourful Rangoli patterns were drawn at the entrance of houses as the scent of sweet delicacies, cooked up on the occasion, wafted through the air.

PHOTO Album: The colours of Holi

Photographs: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters

People smeared with coloured powder celebrate the festival of colours, at a university in Kolkata

PHOTO Album: The colours of Holi

Photographs: Ajay Verma/Reuters

People with their faces covered in coloured powder squint as more powder is thrown on them as they celebrate Holi at a college in Chandigarh

PHOTO Album: The colours of Holi

Photographs: Sahil Salvi

A bucket of coloured water is poured over a girl by her friends in a Mumbai suburb

PHOTO Album: The colours of Holi

Photographs: Philip Brown/Reuters

A man poses for a photograph while his friend wipes his cheek in coloured powder in Chennai

PHOTO Album: The colours of Holi

Photographs: Jayanta Dey/Reuters

People apply powder with colours to each other's faces as they celebrate Holi in Agartala

PHOTO Album: The colours of Holi

Photographs: Danish Ismail/Reuters

Border Security Force soldiers celebrate Holi in a camp in Humhama, Kashmir

PHOTO Album: The colours of Holi

Photographs: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

People react after getting splashed by a bucket of water while celebrating Holi

PHOTO Album: The colours of Holi

Photographs: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

A boy runs as his friend tries to hit him with a water balloon during the Holi festival

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