Marking the arrival of spring season, India celebrates Holi spraying one another with vibrant colours. The festival brings various communities together, where they sing and dance and pull colourful pranks on each other. While each state has its own ritual to mark the event, the common theme mostly is about bringing in communal harmony. The night before Holi, bonfires are lit in a ceremony known as the Holika dahan. This is also known as choti Holi. Symbolically, it is a celebration of the victory of good over evil. The next day, Holi, known as Dhuli, is celebrated with gaiety and joy; lively colours are sprinkled everywhere. Photo: EMMANUAL YOGINI People celebrate Holi with a colourful extravaganza in Mumbai on Tuesday, March 03, 2026. Photo: EMMANUAL YOGINI People bring out their pichkaris to splash colours on each other in Mumbai on Tuesday, March 03, 2026. Photo: VIJAY SONEJI Devotees celebrate the festival of colours at Kalupur Swaminarayan Temple, old city of Ahmedabad, on Wednesday, March 04, 2026. Photo: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Children apply Gulal on each other as they celebrate the colourful festival in West Delhi on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Photo: PERIASAMY M People play with colours in Coimbatore on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. A two-day festival, Holi is celebrated on the day after the full moon in early March. It marks the spring harvest and is also known as Vasant Mahotsav. Photo: SIDDHANT THAKUR Devotees being sprayed with coloured powder at Balkrishna Mandir in Begum Bazar, as worshippers gather in prayer and festivity in Hyderabad on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Photo: BISWARANJAN ROUT A man covered with vibrant colours even before the day of Holi, in the daily market area in Bhubaneswar on March 2, 2026. Photo: G. RAMAKRISHNA People play with colours at Begum Bazar in Hyderabad on Monday, March 2, 2026. Photo: NAGARA GOPAL Guinness World Record holding mini-car designer Sudhakar unveiling Holi Pichkari car in Hyderabad on Monday, 02, 2026. Photo: SIDDHANT THAKUR Students celebrate Holi with music and dance at the Arts College, Osmania University, in Hyderabad on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Photo: R.K. Nithin Participants celebrate Holi and dance to festive beats, as celebrations were organised by Rajasthan Pravasi Sangh at Maharaja’s College Ground in Ernakulam on Tuesday, March 03, 2026. Photo: EMMANUAL YOGINI A spectacle of colours in Mumbai on Tuesday, March 03, 2026. Photo: PERIASAMY M People play with colours on the occasion of Holi in Coimbatore on Wednesday, March 04, 2026. Photo: PTI A man performs with fire as people celebrate Holi at the Anandeshwar Temple at Parmat Ganga Ghat, in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on March 4, 2026. Published – March 04, 2026 03:04 pm IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation 4 persons arrested for attempt to murder near Malpe beach in Karnataka, minor boy detained Myanmar junta to ration fuel for private vehicles, blaming shipping disruptions in West Asia