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According to Guru Gobind Singh's court poet Bhai Nand Lal, colours were thrown by the participants after completion of the mock battles: rose water, amber, musk and saffron-coloured water was used.<ref>Gandhi, Surjit Singh (2004) A Historian's Approach to Guru Gobind Singh. Singh bros [https://books.google.com/books?id=LbvXAAAAMAAJ&q=bhai+nand+lal+holi+colours]</ref> Sikh tradition holds that Guru Gobind Singh also participated in the colourful festival<ref>Fenech, Louise.E> (2013)The Sikh Zafar-namah of Guru Gobind Singh: A Discursive Blade in the Heart of the Mughal Empire. OUP USA [https://books.google.com/books?id=aUUfAQAAQBAJ&q=sikh+tradition+holi&pg=PA146]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PpHjAAAAMAAJ&q=gulal The Sikh Review, Volumes 16-17 (1968)]</ref> with the use of [[gulal]]<ref>Gandhi, Surjit Singh (2007) History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1606-1708 C.E. Atlantic Publishers [https://books.google.com/books?id=vZFBp89UInUC&dq=bhai+nand+lal+gulaal&pg=PA748]</ref> which has survived into modern times with [[Nihang]]s "splashing gulal (red farinaceous powder) on each other and the audience".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1O0eAQAAMAAJ&q=hola+mohalla+gulal+census+punjab Census of India, 1961: Punjab]</ref> The alternative view is that the practice of throwing colours was not observedmentioned by Guru Gobind Singh.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7RduAAAAMAAJ&q=+usual+practice+ Punjab district gazetteers, Volume 9 (1987)]</ref>