PHOTOS: Here is how India celebrated Holi

Holi is a Hindu festival which is not only popular in India but is also popular across the globe. 

A man has colored powder on his face during celebrations marking Holi, the festival of colors, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesg. Holi also marks the advent of spring season

Women play with colored powder during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. 

A boy stands with a spray gun in a shop, a day ahead of Holi, the festival of colors, in Guwahati, Assam.  Spray guns are filled with colored water to squirt on fellow revelers during Holi, a festival that also marks the advent of Spring season.

A street vendor sells colored powder on Holi in Guwahati, Assam. 

A man has colored powder on his face during celebrations marking Holi, the festival of colors, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. 

Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them  during celebrations marking Holi at the Swaminarayan temple in Ahmadabad, Gujarat.

Effigy of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar burnt as part of Holika Dahan in Mumbai. Holika Dahan is a festival celebrated just before Holi by burning an effigy of Holika, the devil.

A man has colored powder smeared on his face during celebrations marking Holi, the festival of colors, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.