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Holi celebrations 2025 begin with vibrant colours, flowers and rituals | In pics

Published on Mar 13, 2025 03:45 PM IST

Holi celebrations across India have begun, with neighbouring country Nepal observing the festival with joy and colours

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Widows at a temple in Vrindavan celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi by showering each other with flower petals.(Money Sharma/AFP)

Published on Mar 13, 2025 03:45 PM IST

Widows at a temple in Vrindavan celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi by showering each other with flower petals.(Money Sharma/AFP)

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In Nepal, festivities have already begun with people in Kathmandu playing traditional instruments to mark the joyous event.(Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

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In Nepal, festivities have already begun with people in Kathmandu playing traditional instruments to mark the joyous event.(Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

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In Kathmandu, people were seen celebrating with Holi with vibrant coloured smoke along with water guns.(Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

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In Kathmandu, people were seen celebrating with Holi with vibrant coloured smoke along with water guns.(Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

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This year, the Holi festival was also celebrated for the first time in 46 years by devotees at the Kartikeya Mahadev temple in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh.(PTI)

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This year, the Holi festival was also celebrated for the first time in 46 years by devotees at the Kartikeya Mahadev temple in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh.(PTI)

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Two disabled children in Agripada Mumbai were captured engaging in the playful tradition of applying colours to each other on the occasion of Holi(Jitendra Takale/ANI)

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Two disabled children in Agripada Mumbai were captured engaging in the playful tradition of applying colours to each other on the occasion of Holi(Jitendra Takale/ANI)

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In Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, children with cerebral palsy participated in Phulon Ki Holi celebrations as well (Holi of Flowers).(PTI)

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In Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, children with cerebral palsy participated in Phulon Ki Holi celebrations as well (Holi of Flowers).(PTI)

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Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta also celebrated Holi with children from the ‘Asha Kiran Home’ in Rohini, Delhi, inviting them to apply colours on her.(PTI)

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Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta also celebrated Holi with children from the ‘Asha Kiran Home’ in Rohini, Delhi, inviting them to apply colours on her.(PTI)

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In Gurugram, devotees also engaged in the ritual of Holika Dahan, celebrated on the eve of Holi, where an effigy is burnt to signify winning over evil forces.(PTI)

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In Gurugram, devotees also engaged in the ritual of Holika Dahan, celebrated on the eve of Holi, where an effigy is burnt to signify winning over evil forces.(PTI)

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In a unique take on the Holika Dahan ritual, people in Mumbai constructed a 25-ft effigy representing a corporate figure of the Torres scam to burn instead.(PTI)

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In a unique take on the Holika Dahan ritual, people in Mumbai constructed a 25-ft effigy representing a corporate figure of the Torres scam to burn instead.(PTI)

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