Here's what Rangpanchami looked like in Indore!

Keeping alive the pre-Independence era tradition of the erstwhile Holkar rulers, Indore celebrated the biggest colour fest of the year – Rang Panchami on March 25. Lakhs people gathered at Rajwada to colour each other in all hues and dancing to popular Bollywood numbers, while trucks sprayed them with close to 1000 kilos of gulaal and water colours.

The sheer scale and scope of the Rang Panchami festival celebrations this year has prompted the district administration to apply for it to be included in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Ajay Dev Sharma, additional district magistrate, West Indore, shares, “We hired photographers and videographers to record this year’s gair procession and Rang Panchami celebrations. A short documentary will be made and submitted to the State Department of Culture, who will then review and send the report to UNESCO .”