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Holi / होली
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Holi is a festival of colors,it was meant to welcome the spring and win the blessings of Gods for good harvests and fertility of the land.Holi is regarded to be the opening festival of the Hindu calendar.
It is celebrated at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month Phalguna (February/March), (Phalgun Purnima).The most famous Holi is played in Vrindavan-Mathura regions of the state of Uttar Pradesh.Lath Mar Holi in two towns namely Nandganv (where Lord Krishna grew up) and Barsana (where Shri Radha grew up), near Mathura, are considered (till today) as the epicenter of the Holi celebrations.
The main day, Holi, also known as Dhulheti, Dhulandi or Dhulendi, is celebrated by people throwing colored powder(gulal) and colored water at each other.Bonfires are lit the day before, also known as Holika Dahan (burning of Holika) or Chhoti Holi (little Holi).A special drink called thandai is prepared on holi.
Significance
Hiranyakshipu was the king of the asuras (demons) and he had been granted a boon by Brahma, made him almost impossible to be killed. He was not be killed during day time or night ,Inside a house or outside a house , Not on earth or in sky ,Neither by a man nor by an animal, Neither with an astra nor with a shastra.
Despite this, Hiranyakshipu's own son, Prahlad, was a devotee of Lord Vishnu. In spite of several threats from Hiranyakshipu, Prahlad continued offering prayers to Lord Vishnu.Hiranyakshipu ordered his sister Holika, possessing the power to walk through fire unharmed, to kill Prahlad by sitting in the centre of a bonfire with Prahlad on her lap, so that the fire could devour him.But the brother and sister had forgot that Holika could only enter the fire alone or she would perish. Prahlada readily accepted his father's orders, and prayed to Vishnu to keep him safe. Holika with prahlad walked into a fire , however, Prahalad chanted the names of God and was saved from the fire and holika was perished.
Holi is thus celebrated to commemorate the death of the evil Holika, after whom the festival is named, and the new life granted to Prahlad for his devotion and faith.Thus,the religious significance of the festival of Holi is to mark the burning of self-conceit, selfishness, greed, lust and hatred.The victory of righteous forces over demoniacal forces.
