Holi 2017: Hindus in Pakistan Celebrate Festival Of Colours

Women from the Pakistani Hindu community smear each others faces with color to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, at a temple in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, March 12, 2017. Holi festival marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo)

Youths from the Pakistani Hindu community pose with their faces covered with color to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, at a temple in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, March 12, 2017. Holi festival marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo)

Women from the Pakistani Hindu community smear each others faces with color to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, at a temple in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 12, 2017. Holi festival marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo)

Women from the Pakistani Hindu community hold a dish filled with various colors to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, at a temple in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 12, 2017. Holi festival marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo)

Holi is one of the most joyous festival of Hindus and it is celebrated across India and by Hindus residing across the globe. (In Pic: An Indian reveller, smeared with coloured powder, gestures during Holi celebrations in Agartala) Photo: AFP

The people offered their prayers after the dahan and danced together to the traditional drum beats and songs. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistani Hindu children celebrate holi in Karachi on March 12, 2017, on the occasion of the Holi Festival. (Photo: AFP)

Tight security arrangements were made to avoid any untoward incident. (Photo: AFP)

They gathered and applied colours onto each other while chanting around Holika Dahan’s bonfire. (Photo: AFP)

Hundreds of people belonging to Hindu community celebrated the festival of colours in Pakistan’s Karachi city. (Photo: AFP)

Indian Hindu devotees celebrate Holi, the spring festival of colours, in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: AFP)

The Hindu festival of Holi, or the 'Festival of Colours' heralds the arrival of spring and the end of winter. (Photo: AFP)

Indian youth play with colors during Holi celebrations in Chennai. (Photo: AFP)