VARANASI, March 15 -- Colour, abir, gulal being hurled at the ghats, in the lanes and streets from day break till afternoon on Friday, marked Holi in Varanasi. Sadhus too celebrated the festival in their respective Akhadas and smeared foreheads of one another with abir and gulal.

Mahanirvani Akhada's Mahant Shankar Puri, said, " From Mahakhumbh, a large number of Sadhus reached Kashi. They celebrated Mahashivaratri here. Many of them left for their destinations after Mahashivaratri. Those who stayed back, as per rituals, offered prayers in their Akhadas while remembering Baba Kashi Vishwanath in the morning. Thereafter, the Sadhus and Sanyasi celebrated Holi. They applied abir gulal to one another."

Mahant Puri is the chief priest of Ma...