The famous Holi festival is an ancient Hindu festival with its cultural rituals. Holi is one of the most celebrated festival in India and this festival is widely celebrated across India with pomp and show. This festival is basically enhancing the brother hood and togetherness.
Every year Holi festival is celebrated on a different date and the same has been celebrating for two days. In 2021, Holi has celebrated from 28th March 2021 to 29th March 2021.
Holi is one of the important Hindu festivals that has been celebrating with colours. On this occasion, people play with colours, meet and greet one another and create new beginnings. Holi festival marks the end of winter in India and welcomes the spring season. Holi is generally celebrating with great humanity, love, affection and exchanging wishes.
During the Holi festival, people are busy in sprinkling water through jets, throwing water balloons, drinking bhang, singing bhajans etc. This practice has become a tradition and widely popular across the country.
During this period, open streets, parks, grounds, temples and buildings are soaked with colours and water, etc.
Holi festival starts on the evening of Purnima or the full moon night in the month of Falgun that starts with Holika Dahan or Choti Holi and is followed by Holi on the other day.
The great Holi Festival is believed to be derived from the prank played by lord Krishna on women’s of Mathura. Holi has started when Krishna was a young Boy. One day he asked his mother Yashoda why his colour was much darker than his dearest friend/companion Radha whose colour and complexion was much fairer than him.
At that time his mother Yashoda playfully suggested that he should smear color on Radha’s face and change her complexion with any color he wanted.
Upon hearing the same, the young naughty Krishna smeared blue & black color on the face of Radha. Upon witnessing the same all other gopis came for the defense of Radha. But their defense in this regard did not deter Krishna to keep continue the same and he simultaneously smeared colors on all Gopis too in a funny manner.
Even though, the entire Gopi’s were totally against Krishan’s action initially, but later they all joined with Krishna in playing those pranks among each other.
This lovable prank between Lord Krishna and Gopis created a joyous atmosphere in the Vrindavan and the people in the Vrindavan started following the same gradually. Later, this practice has grown in a phenomenal manner throughout India and the people started celebrating the same every year in a colorful manner to show their unity, love, affection, brotherhood towards other people.
Holi Festival is widely celebrated in Mauritius, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Trinidad, Suriname, United States of America, Dubai, U.K., Australia, United Kingdom, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa and many other countries in the world.
While celebrating Holi Festival, everyone has to make sure that they are SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT, SAVING THE WATER AND CELEBRATING ECO FRIENDLY HOLI.
