IMAGE: Women play with colours during Holi celebrations in Nadia. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: People smeared in colour play Lathmar Holi at Barsana in Mathura. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
IMAGE: Women beat men with sticks during Lathmar Holi. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
IMAGE: People play with colours at the Radha Rani temple ahead of Lathmar Holi. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
IMAGE: People play with colours during Lathmar Holi. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
IMAGE: People play with colours. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
IMAGE: People daubed in colours play Lathmar Holi. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Women stand with sticks to play Lathmar Holi. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: People daubed in colours. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: A worker prepares eco-friendly coloured powder ahead of Holi in Jaipur. Photograph: PTI Photo
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