Holi, the spring festival of colors, is one of India's most popular celebrations (Credit: Steven Gerner/CC BY-SA 2.0 /Wikimedia Commons)

India is home to a wide variety of festivals, each of which is celebrated with much gusto. However, few are as exciting or as anticipated as Holi, the spring festival of colors. The fun holiday, observed annually on the last full moon day of Phalguna — the 12th and final month of the Hindu year — falls on March 29th this year.