City - Shantiniketan State - WEST BENGAL Country - India
About
DOL is the festival of colour . In india, it has different names in different parts of the country. This photo was taken in Santiniketan, in the state of West Bengal , where Rabindranath Tagore established BiswaBharati, which is grown up as University now. Tagore started this tradition of BASANTO UTSAB , which means festival of colour in the spring . Peolple can share happiness with even a stranger , by exchanging ABIR which is preapared by mixing colour and perfume with flour. Thousand of people from every parts of the globe come here to enjoy this colourful festival and to dig the mine of rich Bengali culture.