A festival of colors Mar 10, 2020

A festival of colors

Hindus in India and around the globe are celebrating Holi today, a spring celebration also called the festival of love, or the festival of colors. Why colors? Because these colorful powders are flung in joyous revelry to welcome spring and celebrate the blossoming of love. It is a time to forget old grievances and hope for a bountiful spring harvest season.

© Max Bauerfeind/Shutterstock

palette

Today in History

Mar 10, 2018Johnston Canyon in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Mar 10, 2019In praise of the pipes
Mar 10, 2021Commemorating the life of a famous railroad conductor
Mar 10, 2022Bobbio, Italy
Mar 10, 2023Vale of Edale, Peak District, England
Mar 10, 2024Daylight saving time
Mar 10, 2025National Napping Day
Mar 10, 2026Bláhver, Hveravellir, Iceland

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Apr 9, 2022Light show at the skatepark
Jul 20, 2025Moon Day
Nov 4, 2021Diwali
Nov 9, 2023Birch trees, Drammen, Norway
Jul 17, 2019Nomads of the Gobi
Mar 29, 2020The borrowed days are here
Apr 5, 2023Black grouses lekking
Nov 10, 202547 years of Badlands National Park
Feb 28, 2023Atrani, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Sep 4, 2021Humming along
Apr 21, 2023Procida, Italy
Mar 11, 2026Peach trees in Cieza, Murcia, Spain
Mar 19, 2018Sanxiantai Dragon Bridge in Taitung, Taiwan
Jul 23, 2025Vatican City with St. Peters Basilica
Feb 18, 2018Great horned owl near Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida
Dec 15, 2019The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
Mar 28, 2023The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
Jul 9, 2023Moselle River loop near Kröv, Germany
Nov 24, 2021Chocolate Hills
May 12, 2023Wild lupines
Sep 12, 2024World Dolphin Day
Mar 25, 2021There was gold in them there hills…
Jun 30, 2024Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Jun 4, 2022National Trails Day
Feb 16, 2023Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
May 31, 2023World Otter Day
Nov 9, 2020Autumn in Piedmont
Nov 3, 2023World Jellyfish Day
Aug 12, 2025World Elephant Day
Jan 16, 2020In the valley of the doll