A woman smeared with colored powder celebrates the Holi Festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, March 13, 2025. Holi, the festival of colors, marks the end of winter and the onset of the spring season.

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Thousands celebrated the Hindu Holi festival in Kathmandu on Thursday, dancing to festive music, drumming and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder.

A priest sprays colored powder and water on devotees during celebrations of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 14, 2025.

Tourists in Nepal daubed themselves with colors while Indian widows, usually restricted by religious rules, broke away from tradition on Monday (March 6) ahead of the Hindu festival of Holi.

This is in response to Shiva Neupane’s letter titled “Holi excuse” (THT, March 14, Page 8). The erstwhile noble and divine festival of colours gets presently “celebrated” in the most ...

Across India and Nepal, millions of Hindus are celebrating Holi, the joyous festival of color, smearing one another with colored powder and spraying each other with squirt guns.

In India and Nepal, the holiday encompasses two days of events — most recognizable being the full day spent throwing bright, colorful powdered pigment at people in the streets.

Holi, which marks the advent of spring, is widely celebrated in India, Nepal and other South Asian countries.

The Hindu festival Holi has become more popular and inclusive, especially in the Indian diaspora. Attendees at a celebration in Brooklyn, New York, described coming together for the holiday.