Millions of people observed the Hindu festival of Holi on Monday by dancing, sharing food and drink and showering each with coloured powders. The festival marks the arrival of spring in India, Nepal, different South Asian countries and other parts of the world.
Check out our photo gallery of the celebration.
Kolkata
Two young women blow coloured powder on a third in Kolkata, India.
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KolkataWomen, their faces smeared with coloured powder, pose for a photograph in Kolkata.
(Bikas Das/The Associated Press)
Ahmedabad
Hindu devotees dance during Holi celebrations inside a temple in Ahmedabad.
(Amit Dave/Reuters)
Mumbai
A girl shakes her hair, smeared with coloured powder, in Mumbai.
(Rafiq Maqbool/The Associated Press)
Ahmedabad
Hindu holy men
