Holi celebrated across Bengal

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Mar 05 2015 | 6:13 PM IST
Holi was celebrated with gaiety and fervour in West Bengal today as revellers took to the streets armed with sprinklers since morning.
Streets got rainbow-coloured as people played with colours of different hues to mark Holi, known as 'Dolyatra' in the state.
At 'Gurudev' Rabindranath Tagore's abode of Shantiniketan, thousands of people from different parts of the country and even abroad gathered to celebrate 'Basanto Utsav' (Spring festival).
After the customary 'prabhat pheri', the tourists were treated with recitals of Tagore songs and dances on the occasion.
The day was celebrated with religious fervour at the Vaishnavite shrines of Nabadwip in Nadia district and at the ISCKON headquarters in the nearby Mayapur town.
Monks of the Ramakrishna Mission celebrated the day with the traditional early 'prabhat pheri' inside the premises of its headquarter Belur Math.
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First Published: Mar 05 2015 | 6:13 PM IST

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