Villagers smeared with colours throw water at a motorcyclist during Lathmar Holi in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Women from Nandgaon, the birthplace of Hindu God Krishna, beat the men from Barsana, the legendary birthplace of Radha, the consort of Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their efforts to put color on them. The same act is then replicated in Barsana between the women of that village and the men of Nandgaon as they observe the Lathmar Holi festival, a celebration of love and friendship. (Photo by Deepanshu Aggarwal/AP Photo)





Men from Barsana village smeared with colors play Holi at Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (Photo by Deepanshu Aggarwal/AP Photo)





People smeared with colors play Holi at Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (Photo by Deepanshu Aggarwal/AP Photo)





Villagers smeared with colors play Holi at Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (Photo by Deepanshu Aggarwal/AP Photo)





Hindu devotees are seen playing with Colorful powders and water during the Holi Festival celebration in Mathura, India on March 4, 2023. This event is popularly named as Chaddimar Holi where women beat men with small sticks as per traditional culture of Gokul. Gokul is the birth place of Hindu Lord Krishna who used to play Holi with his friends like this way as per Local belief. (Photo by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Dancers perform during the celebrations to mark Holi, the spring festival of colours, in Ahmedabad on March 5, 2023. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo)





A youth captures pictures of the oozing water coming from a bursted water pipe with his mobile phone at snow-covered Drang, 30 km from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 05 March 2023. The weather across Kashmir has improved with the onset of Spring both the minimum and maximum temperatures have seen a rise. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Hindu devotees with offerings make their way to reach a car carrying an idol of deity Krishna during Holi festival in Kolkata, India, Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Indian widows throw petals as they participate in Holi festivities in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, 06 March 2023. Hundreds of widows from Vrindavan gathered for the tradition of the Hindu spring festival Holi, also known as Festival of Colors, that marks the beginning of the spring season and will be celebrated across the country on 08 March. (Photo by Harish Tyagi/EPA)





Women and widows take part in Holi celebrations in the town of Vrindavan in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Widows take part in Holi celebrations in the town of Vrindavan in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Widows take part in Holi celebrations in the town of Vrindavan in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Hindu devotees daubed in colour throw a fellow devotee in the air as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colours, at a temple premises in Salangpur in the western state of Gujarat, India on March 7, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A woman smeared with colors play Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The festival heralds the arrival of spring. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





Indian women from the Koli community in traditional clothes take part in the procession to celebrate the “Holika Dahan” or burning of Holika on the eve of the Holi festival in Mumbai, India, 06 March 2023. Koli people indulge themselves into night long celebration with traditional procession, dances and folk songs. Holika is a demoness in Hindu mythology who was burned to death. The story of Holika's conflict signifies the triumph of good over evil, and the death of Holika is celebrated as Holi. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA)





Hindu devotees walk around a bonfire during a ritual known as “Holika Dahan” which is part of the Holi festival celebrations on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A person smeared with colors celebrate Holi festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, March 6, 2023. The festival will be observed on March 8, but the festivities starts almost a week in advance. It is celebrated across India to welcome good harvests, warm weather, and the defeat of evil. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Indian widows throw petals as they participate in Holi festivities in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, 06 March 2023. Hundreds of widows from Vrindavan gathered for the tradition of the Hindu spring festival Holi, also known as Festival of Colors, that marks the beginning of the spring season and will be celebrated across the country on 08 March. (Photo by Harish Tyagi/EPA)





A woman smeared with colors celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. After two years of subdued festivities due to COVID-19, the Holi celebrations brought the revelers back on the streets, smearing each other’s faces with bright powdered color, distributing sweets and squirting water at fellow festival-goers. Holi, also marks the arrival of spring. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





Revellers smeared with “Gulal” or coloured powder celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Pushkar on March 7, 2023. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/AFP Photo)