HOLI FESTIVAL
NAME-DILIP
History Of Holi
It is a prehistoric festival of India and was known as ‘Holika’. It is
believed that it existed several centuries before Christ. The first
day starts after the full moon and the other after the new moon. Thus
the full moon festival of Holika became a festival of welcoming the
spring season and merrymaking. Holi festival is also known as
Vasanta-Mahotsava and Kama-Mahotsav. The festival also finds a
reference in the sculptures on walls of old temples.
There are other paintings and murals in the temples of medieval India
which provide a picture of the description of Holi. The famous Muslim
tourist-Ulbaruni also mentioned in his historical text that it was
celebrated by Hindu’s and Muslims. The literal meaning of Holi is
burning. There are many stories to explain the meaning of the word.
The most famous story is of Hriranyakashyap, who wanted everyone in
his kingdom to worship him.
Still, to his disappointment, his son, Prahlad, became a staunch
devotee of Lord Narayana, so he commanded his sister Holika who had a
boon where she could enter fire without getting burned. But she was
oblivious of the fact that this boon only worked if she is alone. So
she took young Prahlad on her lap and entered the blazing fire.
Holika was burned because of her evil intentions, and Prahlad was
saved by God’s grace for his extreme devotion. Therefore the festival
is celebrated victory over evil. Legend also states that Lord Krishna
started playing with colours by smearing colour on his beloved Radha.
Hence it became a tradition.
Importance of Holi Celebration
Importance of Holi Celebration We mainly celebrate the Holi festival to mark the win of truth over bad things and the win of Prahlad over the very cruel King Hiranyakashyap. Prahlad was very much devoted to God. The Cruel King did not have faith in God, but believed in his powers. Also, He failed to deviate from his son’s devotion to God. His father decided to kill him by burning him alive. Holika was the sister of this king. She had a God-gifted boon that she would not be burnt in the fire. She sat with Prahlad in the fire. But she was burnt, and Prahlad survived unhurt. This memorable incident is observed at night before Holi by burning of wood. Womenfolk worshiped a stack of wooden logs called Holi during that day.
HOLI
Holi celebration is celebrated every year on the full moon day in the month of March (Phagun). It is also known as the festival of unity, love, joy, happiness and victory. We play this festival with bright and attractive colors to express love and happiness with each other. It has its own importance and also has many reasons, stories and belief behind it. Long time ago, a King Hiranyakashipu, his sister Holika and her son were Prahlad. Prahlad was a holy soul who was a devotee of Lord Vishnu, while his father wanted that all worship him including Prahlad. But the devotee Prahlad did not have this gift and he always worshiped Lord Vishnu. Angry with this, his father planned to burn him with fire. He told his sister Holika that she took Prahlad in the lap and sat in the fire because Holika had received this boon from God that the fire could not burn her, but she thought of the matter of her brother Hulika sitting in the fire, but Prahlad had no harm to this fire. But Holika got burnt and burnt in this fire. Holi festival was born from this story. On the occasion of this festival, all meet their loved ones, play Holi with color and Abir, as well as participate in many actions which show happiness to each other. In this way, people celebrate this festival of colors with joy.