Happy Holi Images: Holi Paintings That Show The Ancient Indian Festival In Vibrant Colours Of History

Holi is known as the festival of colours or the festival of love. It is a time to forgive and forget, renew relationships, and celebrate the triumph of good over evil.

Three paintings showing the colours of Holi celebrations in India in olden times | Photos: Wikimedia Commons

A 1788 Kangra painting of Radha, Lord Krishna's consort, celebrating Holi | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Holi was celebrated with much fervour in Braj, where Lord Krishna is believed to have grown up. Here is a painting of Krishna and gopis playing Holi | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Krishna and Radha celebrating Holi with others | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

A painting from the Pahari Kingdom of Guler in Himachal Pradesh shows Krishna playing Holi in Braj | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

A painting of Indians playing Holi in olden times | Photo: Biswajit Das/Wikimedia Commons

An 1808 portrait of Rawat Gokal Das celebrating Holi with his consorts. The artist was Bagta (1761-1814), a Rajput painter who worked in Udaipur around 1769, and then at the court of Rawats who ruled in Devgarh | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

A 1795 painting of people playing Holi in the courtyard of a house | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

A Holi painting that hangs in the City Palace in Udaipur | Photo: David.Clay.Photography/Wikimedia Commons

Two paintings of a king or a prince playing Holi with women in their respective palaces | Photos: Wikimedia Commons