Holi in India

Holi

Holi is a religious festival celebrated by Hindus all over the world. Holi festival is also known as the festival of colors or the festival of Sharing love. It is a Hindu religious festival but it has become popular with non-Hindus in many parts of South Asia, as well as people of other communities outside Asia.


Holi in India

Indian people celebrating Holi with colors

Holi is a first biggest festival of India by hindi calendar. Holi festival is celebrate with lots of fun and joy. Holi festival is celebrate with colors. In India holi festival celebrate for two days. The first day is known as Holika dahan - the day when Holi bonfire is done. The second day is known as Dhulandi - the day when people play with powder color and water color. Dhulandi which is main Holi day is also known as Ramashama. There are many interesting stories associated with the Holi festival in all over the India. India's different states have different stories to celebrate Holi. The most popular stories of Holi origin relates to 'Holika Dahan' and Legend of 'Radha-Krishan'.
 

Holika - Dahan

Holika Dahan story:
Holika is a name of a lady who blessed with never burn in fire. She is evil sister of demon king Hiranyakashyap.  Hiranyakashyap wished to end his blessed son, Prahlad's life with the help of his sister Holika because Prahlad was a devotee of lord Vishnu. For that reason Hiranyakashyap disided to punish his own son. Finally, Holika - Prahlada's evil aunt sit on bone fire with Prahlad and Holika was burned and Prahlad survived. Since then the day is celebrated in victory of good over bad.

Radha - Krishna

Radha krishna story:
The love couple Radha - Krishna is closely linked with this color festival. Young Krishna, who had dark  and blue skin and he was jealous of his beloved Radha's extremely fair skin. In whoopie mood Krishna diside to applied color on Radha's face. Following this ancient legend, lovers till date long to color their beloved as an expression of love.