Robert HardingIndia’s Holi Festival – a riotous spring celebration in which revellers pelt each other in bright coloured paint – has sparked copycat events throughout the world. But in India it’s not just the humans that turn technicolour. Elephants in the city of Jaipur are painted with bright motifs depicting flowers, birds and animals. Here are some of our favourites from the archive.
Elaborately painted elephants during Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, in Jaipur, India (Art Wolfe/Robert Harding)
Elephants adorned with paintings of birds and flowers during Holi in Jaipur, India (Art Wolfe/Robert Harding)
Painted elephant during Holi, in Jaipur, India (Art Wolfe/Robert Harding)
Two elephants painted with matching flower motifs during Holi in Jaipur (Art Wolfe/Robert Harding)
See more photos of Holi Festival here