In pictures: The many faces of Holi

A student with his face smeared in coloured powder, celebrates Holi in Noida. Known as the festival of colors, Holi is celebrated on the last full moon in the lunar month of Phalguna. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)

Updated on: Mar 12, 2017 6:14 PM IST

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A student with his face smeared in coloured powder, celebrates Holi in Noida. Known as the festival of colors, Holi is celebrated on the last full moon in the lunar month of Phalguna. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)

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A woman shakes yellow gulal from her hair during Holi. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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A Hindu devotee covered in coloured powder stands outside the Durgiana Temple . (Gurpreet Singh / HT photo)

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A girl with her face smeared with red colour powder at college campus in Ranchi. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

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A man face covered with bright neon powder poses for a picture during Holi celebration. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)

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A widow during celebrations for Holi, the Festival of Colors, at Gopinath temple in Mumbai (Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)

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A student blows colour powder during Holi, celebrations inside the university campus in Kolkata, India (Subhankar Chakraborty/HT PHOTO)

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A child plays with gulal during the Holi celebration. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

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College students apply gulal on each others face during the Holi celebrations in Ranchi. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

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Indian villagers smear colours during the Lathmar Holi festival at the Nandji Temple in Nandgaon, some 120 kms from New Delhi. (Ajay Aggarwal/HT PHOTO)