Holi is being celebrated by Hindus all over the world as they immerse themselves in the annual festival of colour. The vibrant festivities are celebrated on Phalgun Purnima, which falls at the end of February and culminates in March.
The festival is fun-filled and high-spirited with participants covering each other with brightly coloured powder with the greeting of "Happy Holi” commonly used during the celebratory period. The celebration honours the triumph of 'good' over 'bad' with the colourful entertainment bridging the social gap between classes, age and gender.
Holi Festival of Colour
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 5: Students play with colors on the eve of Holi Festival on March 5, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Festival of colors, fun and frolic Holi bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. It is also called Fagun, Vasant Utsav or spring festival as it falls on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Indian school children stretch their hands to collect colored powder from a teacher during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, March 5, 2015. People across the country will celebrate Holi on March 6. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An Indian schoolgirl closes her eyes as another applies color on her face during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, March 5, 2015. People across the country will celebrate Holi on March 6. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A widow raises her hands as others throw colored powder on her during celebrations marking Holi at the Meera Sahabhagini Widow Ashram in Vrindavan, India, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. The widows, many of whom at times have lived desperate lives in the streets of the temple town, celebrated the Hindu festival of colors at the ashram. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 4: Children playing with colours at a roadside ahead of Holi festival on March 4, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Festival of colors, fun and frolic Holi bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. It is also called Fagun, Vasant Utsav or spring festival as it falls on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. (Photo Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 4: Indian children, smeared with gulal-coloured powder, smiles at the camera during Holi celebrations on March 4, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Festival of colors, fun and frolic Holi bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. It is also called Fagun, Vasant Utsav or spring festival as it falls on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. (Photo Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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VRINDAVAN, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA - 2015/03/04: A boy daubed in colors during Holi celebrations organized by non-governmental organization Sulabh International at a widows' ashram. (Photo by Ravi Prakash/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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AMRITSAR, INDIA - MARCH 5: Devotees play with colours during a religious procession on the eve of Holi Festival at the Durgiayana Temple on March 5, 2015 in Amritsar, India. Festival of colors, fun and frolic Holi bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. It is also called Fagun, Vasant Utsav or spring festival as it falls on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. (Photo by Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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AMRITSAR, INDIA - MARCH 5: A child dressed as Lord Krishna during a religious procession on the eve of Holi Festival at the Durgiayana Temple on March 5, 2015 in Amritsar, India. Festival of colors, fun and frolic Holi bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. It is also called Fagun, Vasant Utsav or spring festival as it falls on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. (Photo by Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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BHOPAL, INDIA - MARCH 5: Girls pose with their faces smeared with colored powder as a part of Holi celebrations on March 5, 2015 in Bhopal, India. Festival of colors, fun and frolic Holi bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. It is also called Fagun, Vasant Utsav or spring festival as it falls on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. (Photo by Bidesh Manna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Indian revellers play with coloured powder during Holi celebrations in Hyderabad on March 6, 2015. Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NOAH SEELAM via Getty Images)
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Indian revellers play with coloured powder during Holi celebrations in Hyderabad on March 6, 2015. Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NOAH SEELAM via Getty Images)
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A foreign tourist screams as another puts color on her face during celebrations marking Holi in Kolkata, India, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, will be marked on March 6. (AP Photo/ Bikas Das) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Indian revellers play with coloured powder during Holi celebrations in Hyderabad on March 6, 2015. Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NOAH SEELAM via Getty Images)
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Indian revellers play with coloured powder during Holi celebrations in Hyderabad on March 6, 2015. Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NOAH SEELAM via Getty Images)
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Indian reveller is covered with coloured powder during Holi celebrations in Hyderabad on March 6, 2015. Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NOAH SEELAM via Getty Images)
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SRINAGAR, KASHMIR - MARCH 6: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers celebrate Holi inside their base camp on the outskirts of Srinagar on March 06, 2015 in Srinagar, Kashmir. Indian security forces celebrate Hindu festival of Holi with their families today, to mark the beginning of spring. (Photo by Ahmer Khan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Indian festive revellers are smeared with coloured powders as they dance during Holi celebrations in Bangalore on March 6, 2015. Holi, the festival of colours, is a riotous celebration of the coming of spring and falls on the day after full moon annually in March. Revellers spray coloured powder and water on each other with great gusto, whilst adults extend the hand of peace. AFP PHOTO / Manjunath KIRAN (Photo credit should read Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MANJUNATH KIRAN via Getty Images)
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Indian festive revellers play with coloured powders during Holi celebrations in Bangalore on March 6, 2015. Holi, the festival of colours, is a riotous celebration of the coming of spring and falls on the day after full moon annually in March. Revellers spray coloured powder and water on each other with great gusto, whilst adults extend the hand of peace. AFP PHOTO / Manjunath KIRAN (Photo credit should read Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MANJUNATH KIRAN via Getty Images)
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Indian festive revellers are smeared with coloured powders as they dance during Holi celebrations in Bangalore on March 6, 2015. Holi, the festival of colours, is a riotous celebration of the coming of spring and falls on the day after full moon annually in March. Revellers spray coloured powder and water on each other with great gusto, whilst adults extend the hand of peace. AFP PHOTO / Manjunath KIRAN (Photo credit should read Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MANJUNATH KIRAN via Getty Images)
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An Indian woman's face is smeared with colored powder during celebrations of the Holi festival in the Sivasagar district of northeastern Assam state on March 6, 2015. Holi, the festival of colours, is a riotous celebration of the coming of spring and falls on the day after full moon annually in March. Revellers spray coloured powder and water on each other with great gusto, whilst adults extend the hand of peace. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
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AMRITSAR, INDIA - MARCH 5: Devotees play with colours during a religious procession on the eve of Holi Festival at the Durgiayana Temple on March 5, 2015 in Amritsar, India. Festival of colors, fun and frolic Holi bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. It is also called Fagun, Vasant Utsav or spring festival as it falls on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. (Photo by Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 5: Students play with colors on the eve of Holi Festival on March 5, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Festival of colors, fun and frolic Holi bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. It is also called Fagun, Vasant Utsav or spring festival as it falls on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 5: Students play with colors on the eve of Holi Festival on March 5, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Festival of colors, fun and frolic Holi bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. It is also called Fagun, Vasant Utsav or spring festival as it falls on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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New Delhi, India - March 5, 2015: Students celebrates Holi on the eve of Holi Festival at in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, March 5, 2015. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/ Hindustan Times) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 5: Students play with colors on the eve of Holi Festival on March 5, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Festival of colors, fun and frolic Holi bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. It is also called Fagun, Vasant Utsav or spring festival as it falls on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 5: Students play with colors on the eve of Holi Festival on March 5, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Festival of colors, fun and frolic Holi bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. It is also called Fagun, Vasant Utsav or spring festival as it falls on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 5: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari celebrates Holi Festival at Delhi Pradesh BJP Office Pant Marg on March 5, 2015 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/ Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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DHAKA, BANGLADESH - MARCH 05: A woman smeared with colored powder, takes part in celebrations of the Dol Utsav Festival, a festival of the Hindu community, at the time of Holi in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 05, 2015. (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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DHAKA, BANGLADESH - MARCH 05: A boy smeared with colored powder, takes part in celebrations of the Dol Utsav Festival, a festival of the Hindu community, at the time of Holi in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 05, 2015. (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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DHAKA, BANGLADESH - MARCH 05: The Dol Utsav, a festival of the Hindu community, is celebrated with colored powder at the time of Holi in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 05, 2015. (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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DHAKA, BANGLADESH - MARCH 05: The Dol Utsav, a festival of the Hindu community, is celebrated with colored powder at the time of Holi in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 05, 2015. (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Indian devotees apply colour and participate in a religious procession as they celebrate 'Holi' at the Durgiayana Temple in Amritsar on March 5, 2015. 'Holi', the festival of colours, is a riotous celebration of the coming of spring and falls on the day after full moon annually in March. Revellers spray coloured powder and water on each other with great gusto, whilst adults extend the hand of peace. AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU (Photo credit should read NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NARINDER NANU via Getty Images)
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Noida, India - March 04, 2015: Students of Institute of Management Studies (IMS) throw coloured powder at each other in the campus, during Holi celebrations in Noida, India, on Wednesday, March 04, 2015. Holi, the festival of colours will be celebrated on March 06. (Photo by Burhaan Kinu / Hindustan Times) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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A Hindu widow lies on a sludgy ground filled with a mixture of colored powder, water and flower petals during celebrations to mark Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at the Meera Sahabhagini Widow Ashram in Vrindavan, India, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. After their husband's deaths many of the women in the ashrams have been banished by their families, for supposedly bringing bad luck, while some move voluntarily to and around the town where devotees believe Lord Krishna was born. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A teacher throws colored powder on school children during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, March 5, 2015. People across the country will celebrate Holi on March 6. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An Indian Hindu devotee from Barsana village prostrates amid colors as he prays at the Nandagram temple, famous for Lord Krishna and his brother Balram, during Lathmar holi festival, in Nandgaon, India, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. During Lathmar Holi the women of Nandgaon, the hometown of Krishna, beat the men from Barsana, the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their teasing as they depart the town. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)