KATHMANDU, MARCH 28

People enjoy Holi, the festival of colours, in different parts of the Kathmandu Valley, on Sunday.

The festival marked primarily by the Hindu community falls on Falgun Shukla Poornima of the lunar calendar. It is the day when people come together in love and goodwill as families and communities and when adults and children celebrate alike.

Authorities earlier had urged the public not to go in a large circle or gathering in Holi this year and follow safety guidelines to protect themselves against the contagion.

Photos by Photojournalists Balkrishna Thapa and Skanda Gautam for The Himalayan Times -

Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

People enjoy joyous holi festival with colours, while at work in a brick factory, in Lele, Lalitpur, on Sunday. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa/THT
People enjoy joyous holi festival with colours, while at work in a brick factory, in Lele, Lalitpur, on Sunday. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa/THT

Photo: Balkrishna Thapa/THT
Photo: Balkrishna Thapa/THT

Photo: Balkrishna Thapa/THT
Photo: Balkrishna Thapa/THT

Children splashing water during a holi-play at a nearby stream in Lele, Lalitpur. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa/THT
Children splashing water during a holi-play at a nearby stream in Lele, Lalitpur. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa/THT