An Indian child reacts as colored powder is smeared on her hair during Holi festival in Chennai, India, on March 27, 2013. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also marks the advent of spring, is being celebrated across the country Wednesday. #

Indian Hindu devotees throw colored powder at the Radha Rani temple during the Lathmar Holi festival in Barsana, on March 21, 2013. Lathmar Holi is a local celebration, but it takes place well before the national Holi day on March 27. #

Hindu devotees covered with colored powder chant religious slogans inside Banke Bihari temple during Holi festival celebrations in Vrindavan, India, on March 26, 2013. #

A man flings a pail of orange colored water towards a group of women during Huranga at the Dauji temple near the northern Indian city of Mathura March 28, 2013. Huranga is a game played between men and women a day after Holi, during which men drench women with liquid colors and women tear off the clothes of the men. #

Colored powder is thrown on Hindu men from the village of Nandgaon as they sit on the floor during prayers at the Ladali or Radha temple before the procession for the Lathmar Holi festival, the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, in Barsana, India, on March 21, 2013. #

A physically challenged Indian child smeared with gulal-colored powder smiles during Holi celebrations at a special school - Society for the Education of the Crippled, in Mumbai on March 26, 2013. #

Two men spray water onto a crowd gathered below during Huranga at the Dauji temple near the northern Indian city of Mathura March 28, 2013. Huranga is a game played between men and women a day after Holi, the festival of colors, during which men drench women with liquid colors and women tear off the clothes of the men. #

Two men who have been smeared in colored powder and water pose for a picture during Holi celebrations in a lane near the Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan, on March 27, 2013. #

Indian Hindu widows throw colored powder during Holi celebrations organized by the NGO Sulabh at the Meera Sahbhagini Ashram in Vrindavan, India, on March 27, 2013. The widows, many of whom at times have lived desperate lives in the streets of the temple town, celebrated the festival for the first time at the century old ashram. After their husband's deaths the women have been banished by their families to the town where devotees believe Lord Krishna was born, for supposedly bringing bad luck. #

Hindu devotees throw colored water at each other at a temple during "Lathmar Holi" at the village of Barsana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on March 21, 2013. In a Holi tradition unique to Barsana and Nandgaon villages, men sing provocative songs to gain the attention of women, who then "beat" them with bamboo sticks called "lathis". Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. #

An intoxicated Indian rickshaw driver has a rest near Banke Bihari temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna, during Holi festival celebrations in Vrindavan, on March 27, 2013. #

Hindu transsexuals or Eunuchs dance as colored powder is thrown at the Ladali or Radha temple before the procession for the Lathmar Holi festival, the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, in Barsana, 115 kilometers (71 miles) from New Delhi, India, on March 21, 2013. #

Indian woman from the village of Barsana hit villagers from Nandgaon with wooden sticks during the Lathmar Holi festival, in Barsana, the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, on March 21, 2013. During Lathmar Holi the women of Barsana beat the men from Nandgaon, the hometown of Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their teasing as they depart the town. #

Children covered in colored powder play during celebrations of Holi, also known as the festival of colors, at the Society for the Education of the Crippled in Mumbai, on March 26, 2013. #