Holi is perhaps the most joyful and colourful Hindu festival. But to see it at its most spirited, you need to visit the town of Mathura in the Braj region of northern India.
Women playfully beat men with sticks and try to rip their shirts off. In turn, men use their torn clothes to retaliate. All this is combined with such large amounts of coloured powders and dyed water that the streets run orange.
Mathura is where Lord Krishna was born, and Holi festivities can go on for more than a week. More Photos After The Cut.......
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Coloured water is thrown at a man during Holi, the Festival of Colours, in the southern Indian city of ChennaiReuters
A boy sits in a container filled with coloured powder and water during Holi celebrations in the southern Indian city of ChennaiReuters
Hindu
priests throws coloured powder on devotees during Holi celebrations at
Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar
PradeshReuters
A Hindu priest throws coloured powder at devotees at Bankey Bihari temple in VrindavanReuters
Hindu devotees raise their hands as they are sprayed with colour outside a temple in AhmedabadReuters
A student of Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata reacts as her fellow students apply coloured powder to her faceReuters
Devotees are soaked with coloured water as they sit singing hymns during Holi celebrations at Shamlal Ji temple in KolkataReuters
A boy smeared with colours is dragged by his friends in ChennaiReuters
A Hindu woman prays while lying on the floor of a temple during Holi celebrations in the western Indian city of AhmedabadReuters
A girl reacts as a friend throws coloured powder at her in ChennaiReuters
A boy covered in coloured powder smiles in New DelhiReuters
A man takes a direct hit at the Bankey Bihari temple in VrindavanReuters
Hindu devotees react as they are sprayed with coloured water at Bankey Bihari templeReuters
People daubed in colours dance as they celebrate Holi in the northeastern Indian city of GuwahatiReuters
Students cover their teacher in coloured powders at a school in AhmedabadReuters
A man daubed in coloured powder poses for a picture at a temple in Nandgaon, in the northern Indian state of Uttar PradeshReuters
People are splattered with colour during Holi celebrations at the Bankey Bihari temple in VrindavanReuters
A girl sits on her father's shoulders in the northeastern Indian city of GuwahatiReuters
A boy sits under a tap to wash the coloured powder off in ChennaiReuters
Yeah, i spent five years in New delhi and i actually took part both in Holi and Diwali fest,without knowing d spiritual implications. Now being a xtian, never wanna be part of it.
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