Holi is a popular and significant Hindu festival celebrated as the Festival of Colours, Love, and Spring.
It celebrates the eternal and divine love of the deities Radha and Krishna.
Additionally, the day signifies the triumph of good over evil, as it commemorates the victory of Vishnu as Narasimha over Hiranyakashipu.
Holi originated and is predominantly celebrated in the Indian subcontinent of India and Nepal, but has also spread to other regions of Asia and parts of the Western world through the Indian diaspora.
Krishna playing Holi with Radha and gopis
Radha Krishna playing Holi
Lord Narasimha emerging from a pillar and disembowelling Hiranyakashipu (detail), manuscript folio from a Bhagavata Purana, 1760-1770.
Holika bonfire in front of Jagdish Temple in Udaipur, Rajasthan, 2010.
Hindus are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent.
Early-20th-century painting by M.V. Dhurandhar of Hindu devotees in satsanga and listening to the pravachana of the Puranas
Hindus at Har Ki Pauri, Haridwar near river Ganges in Uttarakhand state of India.
A Hindu wedding ritual in India
A young Nepali Hindu devotee during a traditional prayer ceremony at Kathmandu's Durbar Square.
