Dhaka, March 3 -- Under clouds of bright pink and yellow powder, thousands gathered at Dhakeshwari National Temple on Tuesday as members of Bangladesh's Hindu community celebrated Holi with vibrant devotion, enjoying colorful dances and music.

The largest Holi celebration in the country was held at the National Temple in Dhakeshwari, where people smeared each other with colors and expressed hope for a brighter future.

"Our colorful Holi represents relationships and friendship. We are forgetting our illnesses and our sorrows. We hope that this spirit of colorfulness will remain in everyone's life in the future," Shipra Rani, a devotee, told ANI.

"We are feeling very happy at this moment. We are colorful and want our lives to be colorful...