The festival of Holi has been celebrated across the world.
Pictyured are Hindu men from the village of Nandgaon dance as colored powder is thrown at Ladali or Radha temple before taking out a procession for the Lathmar Holi festival at the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, in Barsana, 115 kilometers (71 miles) from New Delhi, India.
During Lathmar Holi the women of Barsana beat the men from Nandgaon, the hometown of Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their teasing.
(Pictures AP Saurabh Das)
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