Cloudy weather and drizzle in many parts of the city did not dampen the spirit of Holi enthusiasts who were out in groups applying colours on their friends. The festival that symbolises the victory of good over evil took the city under its grip from the morning specially among the youth and children. By the afternoon Holi revelry touched its peak when the multicoloured faces were seen everywhere on the streets. At many colleges in Bangalore students gathered to celebrate the festival of colours with their college mates.

The North Indian communities at Indira Nagar celebrated Holi with great religious fervour. Near Kumara Park residents of an apartment gathered in a nearby playground and played Holi with great enthusiasm.

The Rajasthani communities celebrated Holi in a traditional fervour. In the night during the burning of Holika or Bonfire, people sang folk songs sung to welcome the arrival of the Hindu month of Phalguna, people performed special prayers to Lord Krishna, who according to epics, used to be at the centerstage of Holi festivities in Brindavan.

Talking about the traditional Holi played in Rajasthan, Mahesh Sharma, a cloth merchant, said on this day Rajasthani women playfully beat up men with a rope who try to apply colour on them, while men try to drench them fully in colour.

Near Seetha circle in South Bangalore, Kamannana Habba, the Kannadiga version of the festival, was celebrated by burning bonfire on Friday night.