When Bangalore was awash with myriad colours

This time, the city played host to the festival of colours in myriad ways. While Bangaloreans celebrated the occasion by splashing shades of purple, pink, yellow and green among one another across streets and bylanes, discos and star hotels organised events where guests, including foreigners, were allowed to participate in riots of hues.

“Celebrating Holi at an event is much more fun as things are organised. Keeping in mind the new trend of using herbal colours, it is a better option as these things are taken care of. These events are pure fun as they attract a lot of foreign nationals as well,” said Kiran Kumar, a software professional, while smearing gulaal at his wife at a star hotel.

Foreign nationals were delighted by the concept as they got a chance to aim balloons filled with colored water at each other.

“Holi is unique and exciting. We visited different cities in India during the time of Holi but were always sceptical about taking part in the festivities as we didn’t know the rules and regulations. But here we were told that there were no rules; anybody could colour anyone else—it was just a way of sharing joy and happiness,” said Adriana from Germany who celebrated Holi at a star hotel.

This was definitely a twist to Holi celebrations in Namma Bengaluru but the street Holi was not far behind as children greeted unwary passersby with water guns.