Holi, the festival of colours, was on Monday celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervour across North India amid beefed up security arrangements.

Miles away from their homes, jawans danced to the beats of dolaks while the forward Border Out Post (BOP) was donned with 'gulal' colours as they celebrated Holi.

Clothes were dyed with myriad colours as hugs and embraces were exchanged in lanes and bylanes to mark Holi, the festival of fun and frolic, which was celebrated with gusto and bonhomie in many parts of the country on Wednesday.

While Holi is celebrated across the country, some political leaders and other well-known figures will not take part in the festivity for various reasons.

With deployment of security personnel in the vulnerable and communally sensitive areas of the state, Bihar was put on high alert on the eve of Holi, police said on Tuesday.