It's a celebration of colours
Happy Holi! Friendly strangers greeted me and wiped some colours on my cheeks as I walked in to the gates of the Shree Lakshmi Narayan Mandir temple at Jalan Ipoh yesterday. Holi is the most colourful and vibrant festival and is a spring festival in India or simply known as festival of colours. In India, Holi announces the arrival of spring and the passing of winter. The highlights of this festival is bright coloured powder known as "gulal" are thrown on people's faces and followed by splashing of water. It is a celebration of triumph of good over bad. This colourful festival falls on Phalguna Purnima (Full Moon) which is usually in Febuary/March. Here are some of my photos taken from the merry festival. It's my first time attending this and you will be surprised that many expats also join in the fun! And even my expat friends can tell me so much about this festival. It was a huge turn out and a great success at the event.This event ...