Holi, an Indian cultural event, marks the coming of spring or dry season in India and is celebrated by throwing powdered colors. Patidar, a member of the South Asian Student Association at Notre ...

Festivities with music, dancing and food ensue. A woman smeared with colors celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on March 7, 2023, in Mumbai, India.

Revelers, faces smeared with colored powder, dance during celebrations to mark Holi, the Hindu festival of colors in Prayagraj, northern Uttar Pradesh state, India on Monday, March 25, 2024.

Holi celebrations in North India and Nepal are among the liveliest, as both places are deeply tied to the Hindu stories the festival honors. But Holi celebrations don’t abide by geographic borders.

Why the colors? Holi’s roots are in Hinduism. The god Krishna, cursed by a demon with blue skin, complained to his mother, asking why his love interest Radha is fair while he is not.

Holi, widely known as the Hindu festival of colors, is a joyful annual celebration at the advent of spring with cultural and religious significance. Typically observed in March in India, Nepal ...

Holi, the Festival of Colors, kicked off with untimed 1-mile fun run or walk through clouds of colorful powders at Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods Sunday. Kian Mistry, 6, throws blue powder on ...

There's more to Holi than delicious food and fun festivities. Here's everything to know about the Festival of Colors, including when it takes place, its origin story and how it's celebrated.

Holi, widely known as the Hindu festival of colors, is a joyful annual celebration at the advent of spring with cultural and religious significance. Typically observed in March in India, Nepal ...

Holi, widely known as the Hindu festival of colors, is a joyful annual celebration at the advent of spring with cultural and religious significance. Typically observed in March in India, Nepal ...

Next year, Holi will begin March 4, 2026. What is Holi? What to know about the festival Girls smeared with 'Gulal' celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colors, in Kolkata on March 25, 2024.