India celebrates Holi
A Sadhu or Hindu holy man leans against a closed door at the Nandagram Temple famous for Lord Krishna during Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon, India, March 10, 2014.
According to tradition, which has its roots in Hindu mythology, men from Barsana arrive at the temple where they are soaked in colored water by men from Nandgaon, believed to be Lord Krishna's village, and then beaten by the women of the village with wooden sticks as they depart the town.
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An Indian laborer sifts colored powder, known as "gulal," to be used during the forthcoming spring festival of Holi, inside a factory at Fulbari village, on the outskirts of Siliguri, March 9, 2014.
Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colors is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month and will be celebrated on March 16 this year.