A teacher holds a plate with colored powder before hurling it on her students as they celebrate Holi in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, on March 7, 2012. #

A tourist, her face smeared with color, smiles as she participates in Holi festivities in Kolkata, India, on March 8, 2012. #

A Hindu devotee sprays colored foam while celebrating Holi at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, India, on March 6, 2012. #

People chant religious slogans as they stand in a queue to enter a temple to celebrate Holi in Vrindavan, India, on March 8, 2012. #

An Indian girl, her face smeared with colored powder, participates in Holi celebrations in Chennai, India, on March 8, 2012. #

A Hindu devotee covers her head as yellow powder is thrown in the air while celebrating Holi at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, India, on March 6, 2012. #

Indians, their faces smeared with colors, participate in Holi celebrations in Gauhati, India, on March 8, 2012. #

Boys daubed in colored powder dance in an alley as they celebrate Holi in Mumbai, on March 8, 2012. #

Hindu devotees pray and face a deity as colored powder is thrown on them while celebrating Holi in Vrindavan, India, on March 7, 2012. #

A student, with her face smeared in colored powder, celebrates Holi at a college in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh, on March 2, 2012. #

An Indian Hindu worshiper throws a bucket of colored water on others during Lathmar Holi at Nandagram Temple, in Nandgaon,India, on March 3, 2012. #

Students of Rabindra Bharati University, daubed in colored powder, pose for a photograph as they celebrate Holi in Kolkata, on March 6, 2012. #

Indian men dance amid colored powder and water during Holi celebrations in Gauhati, India, on March 8, 2012. #

Tourists and Indians celebrate Holi by splashing water and colors in Kolkata, on March 8, 2012. #

An Indian man dances amid a cloud of colored powder during Holi celebrations in Gauhati, India, on March 8, 2012. #

A man reacts as his face is smeared with colored powder during Holi festivities in Mumbai, India, on March 8, 2012. #

An Indian girl, her face smeared with colored powder, reacts as water is squirted on her during Holi celebrations in Chennai, India, on March 8, 2012. #

A Hindu throws colored powder as others crowd while celebrating Holi, the festival of color, at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, India, on March 8, 2012. #

A man daubed in colored powder poses for a picture during "Lathmar Holi" at Barsana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on March 2, 2012. #

Hindu devotees pray and face a deity as colored powder is thrown on them while celebrating Holi in Vrindavan, India, on March 7, 2012. #

People apply colored powder to a woman's face as they celebrate Holi in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, on March 5, 2012. #

Hindu devotees have a bucket of coloured water poured on them while walking to the the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, India, on March 8, 2012. #

People dance as water is sprayed on them while they celebrate Holi in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, on March 8, 2012. #