Holi is a public holiday in India and one of the country's most celebrated Hindu festivals, besides the festival of lights, Diwali. Huge celebrations were held in several parts of the country on ...

People throw "gulal," or colored powder, as part of Holi celebrations in Hyderabad on March 7, 2023. Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images. What to know about Holi, the festival of colors ...

Holi is celebrated around the world, wherever the Indian diaspora has gone. More than 32 million Indians and people of Indian origin are overseas, most in the United States, where 4.4 million ...

Holi is the bold, colorful image of India most often seen in ad campaigns, films and music videos. But what is Holi and why do Indians celebrate it? Find out.

Holi always falls on Phalguna Purnima, the last full moon day of the Hindu lunar calendar year, which is typically in late February or March. In 2025, Holi will fall on Friday, March 14.

Holi, which is known as a festival of love or a festival of color, is on Wednesday, March 8. It falls in the month known as Falgun, and typically comes in March. ...

On India's Holi Holiday This Year, Colored Powder Will Be Thrown But Water Balloons Might Be Illegal : Goats and Soda It's a spring religious festival in India.

NEW DELHI — Holi, a holiday known around the world as a festival of colors, is an important event in the Hindu calendar of north India. It signifies the end of winter and the arrival of spring ...

Holi celebrations in other cities have become highly commercialized, with food, yoga classes and rock bands. “When I was a child growing up in Boise, Idaho, ...

Holi is known as the Festival of Colors. It’s an important holiday for Indian and South Asian communities, celebrated by throwing colored powder, lighting bonfires and having water gun fights.

During the Hindu festival of love, color and spring, people smear colored powders on each other and drench one another in water. There’s also singing, dancing, and of course, food.