India, March 14 -- Holi, the festival of colours, is celebrated with great enthusiasm throughout India. While Delhi and Mumbai are among the best places to celebrate Holi in India with their grand parties filled with music and dance, the festival is even more extravagant outside the metropolitan areas, making it worth exploring there.

Regardless of the location, Holi brings people from all communities together to apply colours to each other and celebrate. Sharing sweets and delectable dishes, and enjoying traditional drinks like thandai (a sweet milk-based drink with almonds and saffron) and lassi (buttermilk) are some of the activities that unite people of all ages and backgrounds.

According to the Hindu calendar, Holi falls on the ful...