Phagu Purnima, also known as Holi, was celebrated in the Capital and hill districts on Sunday. The festival, which is marked smearing colours and spraying water among friends, relatives and family members, is being celebrated in the Tarai on Monday.
Phagu Purnima, also known as Holi, was celebrated in the Capital and hill districts on Sunday. The festival, which is marked smearing colours and spraying water among friends, relatives and family members, is being celebrated in the Tarai on Monday.
Revellers both young and old celebrated the festival smearing colours and throwing water balloons at each other. Along with Nepalis, many foreigners too marked the festival of colours in Thamel and Basantapur in the Capital.
Police said the festival, which at times can be violent, was marked relatively peacefully, this year except minor incidents. A large number of police personnel have been deployed at different places in the Capital to prevent any untoward incident, said Superintendent of Police Pradhumna Karki, spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Range .
More than 200 people were arrested from different places of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur for eveteasing and smearing colour powders forcefully, police said.
Over 1,200 vehicles, mostly motorbikes, were booked for traffic rule violations in the Valley, according to the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division.
Out of them, 694 were later released after The festival revolves around the mythology of the demon king Hiranyakashyapu who orders his sister Holika to sit on fire with Pralhad, his son and devout follower of Lord Bishnu, so that Pralhad would stop chanting the name of the Lord.
The demon king gave such order as Holika would not burn in the fire because of a boon she had received from the god. Holika, however, was burned in the fire while Pralhad came out unharmed. It is believed that any premonitions can be avoided if “tika” made from the ashes of the “chir” is put on one’s forehead or kept in their house.
People celebrate the festival of colours at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu.
Tourists enjoy Holi at Lakeside in Pokhara. 4)
People celebrate Holi by the Rara lake in Mugu.
Sambhav Sirohiya, CEO of M &S Holdings Pvt Ltd, participates in the Color Republic festival at Gokarna.
A traffic policeman stops motorbike riders to chekc on drinking and driving in the Capital on Sunday.
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Tourists enjoy Holi at Lakeside in Pokhara. 4)
People celebrate Holi by the Rara lake in Mugu.
Sambhav Sirohiya, CEO of M &S Holdings Pvt Ltd, participates in the Color Republic festival at Gokarna. 
A traffic policeman stops motorbike riders to chekc on drinking and driving in the Capital on Sunday.
Children play with water at Kalanki in Kathmandu. 
People celebrate the festival of colours at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu.
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