Indian widows throw flower petals while participating in the Holi festival in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, 15 March 2022. (Photo by Harish Tyagi/EPA/EFE)





Indian widows participate in the Holi festival in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, 15 March 2022. Hundreds of widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi gathered to mark the holi festival after the gap of two years due to the massive Covid-19 spike in cases and  many states including Maharashtra, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh put restrictions on public gatherings in the past two years. The tradition of Hindu spring festival Holi, also known as festival of Colors marks the beginning of the spring season will be celebrated across the country on 18 March. (Photo by Harish Tyagi/EPA/EFE)





A widow smeared with Gulal (colour powder) sits at a temple as she participates in Holi celebrations, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Vrindavan on March 15, 2022. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





People celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Holi also heralds the arrival of spring. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Students smeared with Gulal (colour powder) celebrate Holi, the spring festival of colours, at the Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar on March 17, 2022. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A reveller smeared in colored powder dances during Holi festival in Hyderabad, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi also heralds the arrival of spring. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A woman reacts as coloured powder is applied on her face during Holi celebrations in Kolkata, India, March 18, 2022. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Colored powder is smeared on the face of a reveller during celebration marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





A man puts coloured powder on religious murals while praying inside the premises of a temple during Holi celebrations, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, March 18, 2022. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A woman reacts as coloured powder is thrown at her during Holi celebrations in Kolkata, India, March 18, 2022. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A man wearing a colourful wig takes part in Holi celebrations in Mumbai, India, March 18, 2022. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters)





A woman daubed in colours shakes her head to remove the coloured powder during Holi celebrations in Mumbai, India, March 18, 2022. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters)





A woman reacts as coloured powder is applied on her face during Holi celebrations in Mumbai, India, March 18, 2022. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters)





Hindu devotees carry urns containing milk on their head during a procession on the occasion the Panguni Uthiram festival, which is observed in the Tamil month of Panguni and is celebrated to honour the Hindu God Murugan, in Chennai on March 18, 2022. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A boy pours a bucket of colored water on a pedestrian on Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi also heralds the arrival of spring. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





People celebrate Holi in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, brings out millions of people, from toddlers to the elderly, to throw powder at one another and play with water balloons and squirt guns. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A boy smears the face of a young Sikh boy with colored powder on Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





A reveler smeared in colored powder celebrates the Hindu spring festival of Holy in Mumbai on March 18, 2022. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP Photo)





An Indian couple stained with colored powder enjoys a loving moment during the Holi festival celebrations in Chennai, India, 18 March 2022. Holi, also known as the “Festival Of Colors” is an ancient Indian Hindu festival symbolizing the victory of good over evil and marking the arrival of spring. It is held with joyful gatherings during which revelers cover each other in colored powders. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA/EFE)