Hyderabad revelled in
Holi festivities and cheers of ‘Holi hain’ reverberated from various parts of the city on Thursday.
The festival of colours brought with it cheers and celebration with revellers crowding various parts of the city splashing colours and dancing away to celebratory beats of dhols and popular songs dedicated to the festival.
This year however, majority of Hyderabadis chose organic colours prepared from
flower petals over
chemicals and shied away from using water in a bid to do their bit for water
conservation.
Various musical events and house parties too were organised to mark the festival around the city to welcome spring.
Citizens from all walks of life took part in the festivities and visited the houses of relatives and friends to wish them ‘happy Holi’ and exchanged sweets.
Colourful rangolis could be seen drawn at the entrance of many houses.
City police personnel kept a strict vigil at various important junctions around the city to prevent any untoward incident from taking place.