In pictures: India's colourful festival

India is a awash with colour as Holi, a Hindu festival that marks the advent of spring, is celebrated by people splashing coloured powder or liquid on one another.

In Delhi, revellers get into the spirit of things

Young Indians celebrate in style in Calcutta

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of the US president, at the palace of the Maharajah of Jodhpur

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is painted with festive Holi colours

Delhi families get into the party mood

A motorcyclist in New Delhi cannot avoid the festivities

It will take a lot of water to clean up after the party