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Story And History of Holi Festival in India

Holi is a very beautiful festival of India. it is popularly known as festival of colours. people wish happy holi each other by playing with colouring.

People from all community celebrate this colourful and enjoyable holi festival of holi. they use dry and liquid colours to enjoy holi festival. at every home ladies prepare spacial delicious dishes for family members.

Holi Festival In India

India is a land of rich culture and festivals are an integral part of every Indian's life. HOLI is one of that. Indian festivals are source of celebration and joy. HOLI means festival of different colours. The festival of joy and happiness. The Hindu festival of colors celebrated in mid Spring every year.

On this Holi festival all people comes together and play with different colours. On this day all enemies becomes friends. All childrens, men ,women play with full of joy. This festival made by Hindu religion. It is the one of the most big and famous festival in India. On this day holiday must given in all. all friends, relations giving a greeting card to each others. School, college and in industrial area. On this day all eat the prasad called BHANG.

The festivals in India are just as vibrant as its cultural fabric. They are colourful, full of life and most of all touch the very soul of its people. The entire country is lit up with colours and water. Holi is one occasion when sprinkling coloured powder (gulal) or coloured water on each other breaks all barriers of discrimination so that everyone looks the same and universal brotherhood is reaffirmed.

Story And History of Holi

The Indian festival holi comes in the months of march - april and this season is known as as spring season. everywhere we can see the scenery of yellow, red and pink flowers. spring season is most beautiful season for different types of plants and trees. this season is the symbol of natural beauty. holi festival falls on the Phalgun Purnima or we can say pooranmashi. prahlad, holika and others are the legends of holi. the significance of holi is also very interesting.

Story of Holi

There is a very interesting story behind the celebration of holi. Once there was a king named hiranya kaship. he was granted a boon by lord Brahma, which made him impossible to die. he got arrogant and then he attacked on the earth and heaven. He said to people that stop worship to god and start to pray me.

His own son names Prahlad was a big devotee of lord vishnu. hiranya kaship said him to stop his prays to lord vishnu. but Prahlad have not done this so. then hiranya kaship given him poision, but that poision turned to nectar for prahlad. hiranyakaship tried a lot to kill his own son prahlad but not succeed in his mission. at last he said him to sit on the lap of his sister "holika" (who could not die by fire). by doing this holika was died and prahlad was safe by the gress of lord vishnu.

The burning and death of hiranyakashipu's sister Holika is later celebrated as Holi festival in India. this was the victory of right on the wrong one. this was the victory of prahlad's pray, holiness.

so this day become more famous in the history of India. after some time Lord Vishnu self came in the form of a Narasimha (half man and half lion god) and then he killed hiranyakaship. he was killed at dusk, on the half of entrance at house, on the lap of god vishnu and mauling him with claws.it was the smart way to kill hiranya kaship by lord vishnu. lord Brahma's granted boon was not broken but hiranya kaship was killed.

Happy Holi Once again..