Almost 29 years of age – lived all my life in Kathmandu – but never had I been a part of the famous Holi celebration at Basantapur. I had seen amazing photographs and videos of celebrations happening at Basantapur and surrounding areas ever since my childhood but never had I got a chance to go there with my friends or families.

But this year, I had a reason to be there. A senior colleague at work proposed to go there for taking some photos. Excited to see the amazing holi celebration I immediately said Yes and there we were, on the day of Holi at Basantapur.

I had the newly launched Sony a6500 with me with the 18-105 mm PZ, OS lens and was very excited to be shooting with the camera for the first time. Since it was my first time with the a6500, it did take me some time to get used to it but in overall, I absolutely loved using the camera. It was pretty light, and blazing fast to lock on to the crazy subjects in the area.

Have a look at some of the picture from the day (click for larger view). Enjoy!!!

Thousands of locals and tourists gathered at Basantapur to celebrate holi in Kathmadu, Nepal Loved their glasses Simply loved the various colours he had on his face Real men have beard The crowd needed no modern music system. The newari drums kept on playing for hours to keep the crowd rocking. May be the most innocent member of the crowd. Not so innocent now heh Mixture of colours Excited bro Clear vision B) Hehahahaha Explosion of colours