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A crowd celebrates Holi, the festival of colours, outdoors. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with orange and gold borders has her face and head smeared with orange powder, hands raised to her face. A young woman in a pale pink and white sari with an orange shawl bends over an orange bucket, reaching to throw colour. Around them women and girls in saris, salwar kameez and shawls in orange, purple, red and white, many with coloured powder on their faces and clothes, smile and watch; a small boy in a white shirt stands among them. The ground is marked with orange and purple powder.

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March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22A crowd of smiling devotees celebrates Holi, the festival of colours, with faces, hair and clothes smeared in pink, orange, purple and yellow powder. In the centre a man in a dark blue shirt with a brown shawl and rudraksha-style beads laughs with hands clasped. A woman in a white and orange sari with dark-rimmed glasses smiles beside a figure whose head and face are coated in orange powder. A woman in a white kurta holds a brass plate at right, and several young women in saris and salwar kameez surround the group.2008-03-22Outdoor Holi celebration in a courtyard beside a grey concrete-block wall. Dense crowd of devotees covered in bright pink, orange, purple and green powder colours throws and smears colour on one another, several laughing. Men in shirts and dhotis and women in saris and salwar kameez fill the frame, with more onlookers standing behind a low wall. A few people in the background wear white shirts and light trousers. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible among the crowd, so no in-person claim is made.2008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22