Children in Paschim Medinapur, West Bengal, celebrate holi. The festival commemorates the eternal love between Radha and Krishna (Photo by Anirban Pan)
In Mandi, Himachal Pradesh two friends show off their colors in a wheat field after playing holi (Photo by Raman Kant)
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, perhaps witnesses the longest, wildest holi in India (Photo by Uday Shankar Pal)
A family which makes wicker baskets for their living celebrates holi in Purnia, West Bengal (Photo by Shrabanti Mitra)
In Barsana, Uttar Pradesh, the popular lathmaar holi where women greet men with long sticks during holi (Photo by Manish Joshi)
In Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, two friends catch a break after a long day of holi celebrations (Photo by Raja S)
In the lead image devotees celebrate holi at the famous Nandgaon temple in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh (Photo by Avra Ghosh)
