The festival draws from multiple Hindu stories, but the tradition of throwing color references a story about the blue-skinned Hindu god Krishna, who playfully smears colored powder on the goddess ...

More color, more love. ... Three girls put yellow and green colored powder on each other during the celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on Sunday, March 16, 2025, ...

Hariyali Teej, a vibrant festival celebrated primarily in North India, falls on July 17th, 2025. It commemorates the reunion ...

Widely known as the Hindu festival of colors, Holi marks the arrival of the spring season in India, Nepal and other South Asian countries as well as the diaspora.

Once again Chicago welcomed the return of spring by celebrating Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at Navy Pier on Saturday. But for many of those splashing themselves in the customary colored ...

INDIA (AP) — Millions of Indians on Friday celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink, and smearing each other with red, green, blue ...

Blue, red, green, pink — bursts of color will soon replace Seattle’s gray skies. Spring’s arrival may be uncertain after the groundhog’s prediction, but Holi, the Hindu festival of colors ...

A Hindu devotee looks in the mirror after putting a sacred mark on his forehead at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the Saraswati rivers during the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in ...

A young Hindu devotee, marked with sacred symbols on her face, reacts as her mother combs her hair at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the Saraswati rivers during the 45-day-long Maha ...

Hundreds of Hindu priests at the festival paint them on the foreheads of the pilgrims. Many consider it a selfless service to their religion — without which the pilgrimage is incomplete.

A Hindu devotee looks in the mirror after putting a sacred mark on his forehead at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the Saraswati rivers during the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in ...