Holi 2017: Celebration pictures across India

Most famous Hindu festival of colors 'Holi' is being celebrated not even in India but over cease too including Pakistan. This colorful festival attracts tourists from all over the world. Check out the celebration pictures/Image courtesy- AFP

In this Thursday, March 9, 2017, photo, an Indian widow smeared with colors play Holi at the Gopinath temple, in Vrindavan, 180 kilometers (112 miles) south-east of New Delhi, India. Up to just a few years ago the festival was forbidden for Hindu widows. Like hundreds of thousands of observant Hindu women, they would have been expected to live out their days in quiet worship, dressed only in white, with their very presence being considered inauspicious for all religious festivities. (AP Photo /Manish Swarup, File)

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/K.M. Chaudary)

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/Fareed Khan)

A Nepalese man with colored powder on face dances during Holi festivities at the Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 12, 2017. The Holi festival marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A foreign tourist, left and an Indian smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, March 12, 2017. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the coming of spring. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Indian children spray water during Holi celebrations in Jammu, India, Sunday, March 12, 2017. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the coming of spring.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indian Hindus celebrate the festival of colors or Holi in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Indians dance on street and celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors in Kolkata, India, Sunday, March 12, 2017. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the coming of spring. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Indian Hindu devotees take part in celebrations for the Holi festival at a Temple in Siliguri on March 13, 2017. Holi marks the welcoming of spring and is a celebration of the triumph of good over evil, with people chasing each other and playfully splashing colorful paint, powder and water on each other. / AFP PHOTO / DIPTENDU DUTTA

Indian revellers play with colours during celebrations for the Holi festival in Hyderabad on March 13, 2017. Holi marks the welcoming of spring and is a celebration of the triumph of good over evil, with people chasing each other and playfully splashing colorful paint, powder and water on each other. / AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAM

Indian Hindu devotees take part in celebrations for the Holi festival at a Temple in Siliguri on March 13, 2017. Holi marks the welcoming of spring and is a celebration of the triumph of good over evil, with people chasing each other and playfully splashing colorful paint, powder and water on each other. / AFP PHOTO / DIPTENDU DUTTA

Indian Hindu devotees take part in celebrations for the Holi festival at a Temple in Siliguri on March 13, 2017. Holi marks the welcoming of spring and is a celebration of the triumph of good over evil, with people chasing each other and playfully splashing colorful paint, powder and water on each other. / AFP PHOTO / DIPTENDU DUTTA

Indian revellers play with colours during Holi celebrations in Chennai on March 13, 2017. The Hindu festival of Holi, or the 'Festival of Colours' heralds the arrival of spring and the end of winter. / AFP PHOTO / ARUN SANKAR

Indian revellers play with colours during Holi celebrations in Chennai on March 13, 2017. The Hindu festival of Holi, or the 'Festival of Colours' heralds the arrival of spring and the end of winter. / AFP PHOTO / ARUN SANKAR

Indian revellers play with colours during celebrations for the Holi festival in Hyderabad on March 13, 2017. Holi marks the welcoming of spring and is a celebration of the triumph of good over evil, with people chasing each other and playfully splashing colorful paint, powder and water on each other. / AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAM

Pakistani Hindu children celebrate holi in Karachi on March 12, 2017, on the occasion of the Holi Festival. / AFP PHOTO / RIZWAN TABASSUM