Colour loaded water guns began emitting colours, drenching people in the joy on Holi, the festival of colours that was celebrated with fanfare.
Amid drumbeats, fuming gulal and sprinkling of colours, locals danced to the tune of Holi numbers. Children equipped with water guns ‘targeted’ everyone they came across since morning.
‘Rang barse bhige chunar wali’ returned to make people dance on its tune. Perhaps, it was the most played number. ‘Awadh me holi khelai Raghubeera’ and several other numbers were heard on Holi.
Dancing and munching Ghujiyas, people smeared one another’s faces with Gulal. They poured off brimming buckets of colours, including yellow, green and red, on their acquaintances and near and dears to add joy to their celebrations further. People exchanged greetings and pleasantries. It was a great occasion for the children who woke up to colourful playing, once in a year opportunity, the tiny tots get each year.
Holi came as an opportunity to have fun for the teens, who along with their pals, exploited the occasion to its fullest. With ‘bura na mano holi hai’ (Don’t mind, it is Holi) spirit, they painted faces of one another with different colours and did several things to make the celebration memorable.
They were also seen whizzing past on their bikes. “It is once in a year opportunity that comes with colours of joy. So we did all what we could do to make the event memorable. We painted faces of one another and enjoyed delicious ghujias. Simultaneously, we enjoyed bike riding,” Praveen Kumar said.
As it was holiday, he visited places of his close friends for Holi Milan. “I did a lot of fun since morning,” he said, adding that Holi was a refreshing event. “Colours have great importance in our lives. These add liveliness and give lesson to live vibrant in all conditions,” Ranjeet Singh, an employee of a company said.
He observed that youths should take a lesson from colours and take efforts to fill colours of joy and happiness in lives of deprived and poor section. “We do celebrate Holi with zeal and take efforts to add zeal to the lives of the people who are poor and manage their two times meals by working hard.”
Children, teens, youths and elderly people, all were in celebration mode. Beginning in the morning, celebrations continued till late noon.
Police personnel ensured peaceful celebration of Holi. They dealt with the people sternly those who tried to create nuisance. leaving pleasant memories, colourful celebration passed peacefully.