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    Celebrating spring with the festival of colours

    A widow covered in gulal dances to traditional folk musi at Gopinath temple,Vrindavan. (Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)

    Updated on: Mar 12, 2017 10:56 PM IST
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    A widow covered in gulal dances to traditional folk musi at Gopinath temple,Vrindavan. (Pratik Chorge/HT Photo) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A widow covered in gulal dances to traditional folk musi at Gopinath temple,Vrindavan. (Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)

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    Holi marks the end of winter and honours the triumph of good over evil. (Pratik Chorge/HT Photo) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Holi marks the end of winter and honours the triumph of good over evil. (Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)

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    A college student reacts as coloured powder is thrown into her face during Holi in New Delhi. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A college student reacts as coloured powder is thrown into her face during Holi in New Delhi. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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    College students play with powdered colour as they take part in Holi festival celebrations in Lucknow . (Nand Kumar/ PTI) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    College students play with powdered colour as they take part in Holi festival celebrations in Lucknow . (Nand Kumar/ PTI)

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    A woman shuts her eyes as coloured powder is smeared on her face during Holi celebration in Guwahati. (Anupam Nath / AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A woman shuts her eyes as coloured powder is smeared on her face during Holi celebration in Guwahati. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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    Hindu men playing with gulal at Radha Rani templein Barsana. (Manvender Vashist / PTI) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Hindu men playing with gulal at Radha Rani templein Barsana. (Manvender Vashist / PTI)

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    People smear colored powder on the face of a girl as they celebrate Hol in New Delhi. Celebrants light bonfires, throw colourful powder called gulal, eat sweets, and dance to traditional folk music. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    People smear colored powder on the face of a girl as they celebrate Hol in New Delhi. Celebrants light bonfires, throw colourful powder called gulal, eat sweets, and dance to traditional folk music. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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    Devotees playing with colours at historical Govind Dev Ji temple in Jaipur . The streets and lanes across most of India have turned into a large playground where people of all faiths throw colored powder and water at each other. (PTI) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Devotees playing with colours at historical Govind Dev Ji temple in Jaipur . The streets and lanes across most of India have turned into a large playground where people of all faiths throw colored powder and water at each other. (PTI)

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    A widow participates in a celebration of the Holi festival at Gopinath temple,Vrindavan Thousands of Hindu widows, shunned and ignored by their own families, marked the Hindu spring festival of colours. (Pratik Chorge/HT Photo) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A widow participates in a celebration of the Holi festival at Gopinath temple,Vrindavan Thousands of Hindu widows, shunned and ignored by their own families, marked the Hindu spring festival of colours. (Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)

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    Youth play with water and coloured powder during Holi festival celebrations in Jammu. (Nitin Kanotra / HT Photo) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Youth play with water and coloured powder during Holi festival celebrations in Jammu. (Nitin Kanotra / HT Photo)

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    People of Barsana and Nandgaon at Radha Rani temple play Holi in Barsana. Nandgaon is the hometown of Radha, a close friend of Lord Krishna in Hindu mythology. According to the Holi tradition, the throwing of gulal originates with Radha and Lord Krishna. (Manvender Vashist / PTI) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    People of Barsana and Nandgaon at Radha Rani temple play Holi in Barsana. Nandgaon is the hometown of Radha, a close friend of Lord Krishna in Hindu mythology. According to the Holi tradition, the throwing of gulal originates with Radha and Lord Krishna. (Manvender Vashist / PTI)

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    Boys play with coloured water on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu. (Nitin Kanotra / HT Photo) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Boys play with coloured water on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu. (Nitin Kanotra / HT Photo)

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    Men from the village of Nandgaon throw coloured powder at each other before joining a procession for the Lathmar Holi festival at the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, in Barsana. (Kamal Kishore / PTI) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Men from the village of Nandgaon throw coloured powder at each other before joining a procession for the Lathmar Holi festival at the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, in Barsana. (Kamal Kishore / PTI)

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    A widow smeared with colours covers her face during Holi celebrations, the arrival of spring festival, at the Gopinath temple in Vrindavan. (Manish Swarup / AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A widow smeared with colours covers her face during Holi celebrations, the arrival of spring festival, at the Gopinath temple in Vrindavan. (Manish Swarup / AP)

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