Showing posts with label holi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holi. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Natural 'Holi'

Yesterday was the festival of Holi that marks the onset of Spring in India. It is celebrated by spraying coloured powder/water but due to Covid 19 restrictions it was muted and almost everybody was at home leaving the streets empty. It was a blessing in disguise for me as I could actually look up at the flowering trees while I rode my bicycle on the empty streets of Bandra Kurla Complex and saw how Nature played Holi with its colourful floral display. 








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Friday, March 2, 2018

Holi hai!


! HAPPY HOLI !
(INDIA WELCOMES SPRING WITH THIS COLOURFUL FESTIVAL)


This is how the Koli (Fisherfolk) community of Mumbai celebrate Holi.

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Monday, March 27, 2017

Monochrome mania


Friends get together to decide how to celebrate the Holi festival in Vesave (Versova).

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Thursday, March 16, 2017

Audience


Audience at the Holi celebrations of the Koli community in Vesave (versova) in Andheri.

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Koli Holi


Holi is a Hindu spring festival celebrated in India and Nepal, also known as the "festival of colours" or the "festival of love". For Kolis (fishing community) it is a time to parade their best. All the coastal villages in Mumbai celebrate it in their unique fashion. This image is from 'Vesave' or 'Versova' a fishing community village in Andheri, a Mumbai suburb. Holi was celebrated on 12th and 13th March 2017. The 1st day is celebrated as Holika dahan signifying the victory of good over evil. Holika was a demoness in Hindu Vedic scriptures, who was burnt to death with the help of God Vishnu.The story of Holika dahan signifies the triumph of good over evil. I shall post a pic a day over the next few days to show how it is celebrated by the Kolis.

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