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Mahendra Dhubi, right, celebrated Holi with family and friends.

HINDUS have been throwing dye, eating Indian food and listening to live music at a community centre in Northolt as part of a spring festival.

Residents celebrated Holi Dhamaka at the Shree Kutch Leva Patel Community India Gardens, in West End Road, yesterday.

Amrik Birbec, of Lawson Road, Southall, said: "It's lovely. Beautiful colours. It's a religious festival but in India everyone enjoys it no matter what religion they come from.

"Everybody gets involved and there are no arguments."

Rasik Bhudia, 28, of Morland Road, Kenton, spent the evening providing live drum music for guests.

He said: "Holi is brilliant. This is part of my community and I'm a professional drummer in a band called Masti. They wanted me to come with some music to spice it up."

Mahendra Dhubi, of Eastern Avenue, Pinner, said: "I really enjoyed it, it was lovely. This is a religious day for us.

"It's a get together but at the same time it's also religious."

The festival is based on the story of Holika and Prahalad, who worshipped his God, Vishnu, against the wishes of his father Hiranyakashyap.

Hiranyakashyap demanded his son say he was superior to God and, when Prahalad refused, he decided to try and kill him.

He asked Holika, his sister, who had been made immune to flames by the Gods, to kill Prahalad by sitting with him in a fire.

But when she did so her magic powers were taken away and her nephew was saved, while she burned to ashes.

A bonfire was made at the centre in celebration of the story and offerings of coconuts, dates and popcorn were put on it.

7:14am Saturday 22nd March 2008

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