Rashtrapati Bhavan will not hold the traditional Holi gatherings as a precautionary measure amid the global scare over coronavirus, the President's office tweeted on Wednesday.
Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath said that regular meetings of peace committees should be held to ensure that there is no disturbance of law and order during the upcoming festival.
Bank Holidays in March: March is starting with a Sunday this year. Major festivals like Holi, Gudi Padwa are falling in the month of March. Holi will be celebrated on 10th March, following which banks in most parts of India will be closed to observe it while some banks will remain closed for two days to celebrate the festival.
To cater festival rush, the Central Railway has announced 26 additional trains ahead of Holi. The announcement of Holi Special trains 2020 will decrease the chances of getting waiting list tickets and passengers might get a chance to get confirmed train tickets even if they plan to train book tickets now.
This Holi festival, relish the traditional Kanji Vadas by giving them a new twist.
Deepak Chandravanshi's Rangwa Chhutat Naikhe is one of the hot favourite Holi songs of the season.
In a tweet, Swaraj, while tagging a media report about the incident, said she has asked the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan to send a report on the matter.
Thanos aka Josh Brolin posted a throwback picture from his Holi celebrations in India.
Many Bollywood celebrities including Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan and others took to social media to wish their fans on Holi.
Here's how Holi is celebrated around the world.
Unfortunately, Holi has become an excuse for hooligans to sexually harass women on roads.
Holi is a celebration of colours primarily for Hindus across the globe. It traces roots in Lord Krishna’s birth place Mathura. Normally it is celebrated towards the end of winter season and marks the onset of spring. This year Holi will be celebrated on March 20 and March 21. It no longer is a Hindu festival alone as people across the globe from different religions celebrate the festival of colours.
"I want to thank the Muslim clerics for changing the time of 'Jumma Namaz' for Holi. Jumma comes 52 times in a year and Holi comes once. They (clerics) decided to reschedule the namaz after Holi. The festival went off peacefully,” Yogi said.
Roshan also shared a selfie on his Instagram page in which both are seen grinning with a colored face.
The party was organised by the sportswear company Adidas.
The festival which like many Indian festivals is embedded in a Hindu mythology -- that of the triumph of good over evil -- brings together people of all classes and religions who sing and dance, distribute sweets.
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