New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Holi celebrations have begun in Mathura's Barsana - known as the abode of Krishna's consort Radha - since Wednesday, February 25, with women and men playing Lathmar Holi. Women dressed in traditional finery were seen playfully hitting men with bamboo sticks as they shield themselves.

Drone videos of the Lathmar Holi in Barsana shows the region drenched in pink, blue, red colours as hundreds of devotees gather to celebrate the spring festival.

As the Lathmar Holi began, hundreds of women, carrying bamboo sticks, stepped out of their homes in the evening to play Lathmar Holi with men from the neighbouring Nandgaon town.

Several videos showed men engaging in a playful banter with women. The women, then, respond to th...