HOLI

A Hindu festival celebrated in February or March in honour of Krishna, an important deity in Hinduism. The “festival of colours” signifies the arrival of spring, and with that the blossoming of love, the triumph of good over evil and the beginning of a good harvest. People laugh, dance and play. Old issues are forgotten and forgiven and broken relationships are repaired. Coloured powders are thrown at each other in order to celebrate.

These photos were all taken by Mees van Rhijn in the Banke Bihari Temple in Mathura, famous for its Holi celebrations because in Hinduism, Mathura is believed to be the birthplace of Krishna. It is therefore one of he Sapta Puri, the seven holy cities. //