Celebrations of Colour

Photographer

Sudip Bhattacharya

Category

People Photography - Culture

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2024

Country / Region:

Denmark

This is a project to capture the celebrations by Indian Hindus migrated out of India. These photos are captured in Copenhagen, Denmark. There is small Indian Hindu diaspora living in Denmark. Even though these group of Indian Hindus left their homeland India, still they are happy to remember and celebrate the beautiful celebration of colourful festival - Holi! It is a popular and significant Hindu festival celebrated as the Festival of Colours, Love, and Spring. It celebrates the eternal and divine love of the deities Radha and Krishna. Holi originated and is predominantly celebrated in the Indian subcontinent, but has also spread to other regions of Asia and parts of the Western world through the Indian diaspora.Holi also celebrates the arrival of Spring in India, the end of winter, and the blossoming of love.It is also an invocation for a good spring harvest season.It lasts for a night and a day, starting on the evening of the full moon day

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