Holi Celebrations 2019

Holi is a Hindu festival and is infamous for beings called as the “Festival of Colors” which rightfully goes with the concept and celebration methods of the festivals. In this day all the institutions are closed to celebrate the festival institution like bank holiday 2019, government offices etc. Holi is celebrated to make the best use of the time as the festival Holi also indicate the beginning of the summer after the cold summers. The festival is of two days and are as follows-

·         Choti Holi

·         Holi

When is Holi Celebrated?

Holi is celebrated at the beginning of the summers that is somewhere between the end of the February and March. In the year 2019, the celebration of Holi will be celebrated on 21 March 2019 and choti Holi on 20 March 2019.

How Holi is Celebrated?

Holi is festival of color and is celebrated with colors only. Holi offers a lot of

Choti Holi

Choti Holi also known as Rangwali Holi or Dulhandi is falls on a day prior to the Badi Holi or simply Holi. In this celebration, a holy fire is burnt in the middle and singing, dancing and other rituals are performed around the fire. It is symbolic of burning the evil of the society, the evil within. The legends goes back to the story of Hiranyakashyap who was a evil king who ordered the soldiers to kill his son who does not consorted to call his as a god and instead call the supreme Lord as Vishnu. On numerous atempts to kill prahalad ( Evil King Son ), now ordered Holika his sister to enter the fire with Prahalad in his lap. Holika was blessed with no destruction from fire but with the blessing of Lord Vishnu prahalad was  unharmed by the fire and holida was burnt alive. From that day on ward the tradition of Holika Dahan came into practice signifying the victory of good over evil.

Holi

Holi is celebrated as a victory of good over evil and symbolizes that Good always wins. Holi is celebrated with colors, sweet, thandai and bhang. Holi is a part where everyone dances, drinks thandai, eat sweets like gujiya, ladoo etc. Holi is celebrated with fullest of joy and happiness.

Happy Holi!

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