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A large outdoor crowd gathers on a dirt and concrete courtyard beneath tall coconut palms during a Holi celebration. In the right foreground, a man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and sits cross-legged, holding a microphone and addressing the crowd. Two blue buckets hold bright red and orange coloured liquid beside him, and several people are smeared with pink, red and yellow colour. Many women wear white saris with orange, yellow and pink borders, and children stand at the left edge. A concrete boundary wall and a distant building fill the background.

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Outdoor Holi celebration in a dusty compound with palm trees and a low concrete block wall behind a large crowd. In the foreground, several young men and women are smeared with bright pink, orange, green and blue powder, and one man holds a small bowl of colour. Behind them a dense crowd of onlookers in white shirts, cream kurtas, sarees in pastel, orange and blue, and a few in saffron robes stands watching. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person; the scene shows devotees and participants in general.2008-03-22Outdoor Holi celebration at an ashram compound with a large crowd of devotees covered in bright blue, purple and pink powder colours. In the right foreground, a man with long dark hair wearing an orange saffron shawl sits on a white raised platform, holding a microphone, with a turquoise bucket and a ladle beside him. Several women in saris and salwar kameez, including one in a yellow sari, stand nearby while others in the crowd raise coloured powder. Palm trees, a concrete boundary wall, and white-shirted men line the background.2008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22A large outdoor crowd celebrates Holi, the festival of colours, in a courtyard with a concrete block wall and palm trees behind. Many people are smeared with bright pink, red, purple and blue powder and wear white, saffron and colourful clothes. In the lower centre a man in a lavender shirt pours liquid from a green cup into a turquoise bucket, while another turquoise bucket and a plate of coloured powder sit on a white table at right. At the far right a figure in orange robes sits near the table. Several white-clad onlookers and children stand among the crowd.2008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22A crowd of many people gathered outdoors on a dirt ground for a Holi celebration, with colored powder staining clothes and skin in pink, blue, green and purple. A man in the centre wears a saffron-orange robe and has long dark hair, standing above the crowd with one hand raised near his head; he appears to be a sannyasi, and the appearance-based candidate is uncertain. Around him, devotees in white kurtas and dhotis, women in saris and salwars, and a woman holding a child in a yellow sari stand close together. Motorcycles and a car are visible in the background, and small white and red pillars line the ground.2008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22