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Holi
The Festival of Colors
A Very Popular Hindu Spring Festival
Celebrated in many countries.
Celebrated all over India
Many Flavors.
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When is it Celebrated
Celebrated on the Purnima o! Hindu "unar
Calendar Month o! Phalgun
Purnmashi # Purnima # Punam # Full Moon $ay
"ater part o! February or early March
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When did it Start
Very ancient tradition.
Mentioned in very early religious works such
as Jaimini's Purvamimamsa-sutras%
Kathaka-grhya-sutras.
Existed several centuries BE.
& Vishnu Purana
& 'hagvatam
& (ther Historical Scriptures
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Many )ames o! Holi
Vasanta Mahotsava! "he #reat $estival o% &asanta ()ring*
- Most o% the )laces
Kamotsva* Associated +ith story o! ,ama -he /od o! love0 Dolyatra* Festival o! S+ings
1 2astern regions o! India
Phagwah1 A !estival o! Phagun -"ast month o! Hindu calendar0
1 Many Countries and )orthern regions India Rangapanchami* he colour!ul !i!th day o! Chaitra -First
month o! Hindu "unar Calendar0
1 Many regions o! India
Holi* Most common name
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Story o! Holi6a
Hiranyakashipu1 A tyrant the demon 6ing
Penance - Hiranya6ashipu had a very long and severe penance
Boon y Brahma1 Made him almost impossible to be 6illed. He +as not be 6illed
& $uring day time or night
& Inside a house or outside a house
& )ot on earth or in s6y
& )either by a man nor by an animal
& )either +ith an astra(long range weapons)nor +ith ashastra(short
range weapons)
Prahala!1 Hiranya6ashipu7s son +as a great devotee o! "or! #ishnu.Holika* A +ic6ed sister o! Hiranya6ashipu had boon not to be burnt in !ire.
Holi6a sat +ith Prahalad in !ire. Prahalad came out unhurt and Holi6a tuned
into ashes.
Bonfire1 Is lit at night to signi!y burning o! Holi6a% a symbol o! evil.
Celebration o! victory o! good over evil.
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Signi!icance o! Holi6a
& Holi6a 1 A symbol o! evil.
& Collection o! trash !rom houses collected during !all season
o! !or several days till Purnima.
& /oing round -prada6shina0 the pire o! +oods8trash +ith +ater
to contain evil 9ualities +ithin limits.
& 'urning the )eem leaves * 'urning the bitterness o! li!e and
ta6ing up the s+eatened medicinal value o! )eem.
& Welcoming the Spring season +ith the bon!ire.
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Holi6a $ahan 1 'on!ire
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,ama Mahotsava
Kama Dev1 he god o! love.$rrow of Kama* ,ama !ired his arro+ o! love at
"or! %hivato brea6 his penance and help
Parvatimarry him.
Kama&s o!y1 'urnt to ashes by the ga:e o! %hiva
Rati* Wi!e o! ,ama
For the sa6e o! 3ati -passion0% Shiva resurrected
,ama% but only as a astral !orm% representingthe true emotional state o! love rather than
physical lust.
Holi 1 Celebrated in commemoration o! the
resurrection ,ama $ev as the !estival o! colors.
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$hulandi
& %econ! !ayis celebrated in most part o! India.& People go around until a!ternoon sprin6ling 'ulal
-colored po+der0 and +ater at each other.
& A special drin6 is prepared called than!ai+hichcan be laced +ith hang -mild into;icant0
& At noon% the cra:iness comes to an end and
everyone heads to either the river% the bathtub or
s+imming pool.
& People invite each other to their houses !or feasts
and celerationslater in the evening
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Children Celebrating Holi in
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$hulandi
& Called $huleti in central India
& Called $hulavad in Maharashtra -+estern India0
& Called $hul1mati in northern region o! India.
& Ash !rom the previous night Holi6a is smeared onthe body% and ritual bath is ta6en in the later
part o! the day in some regions.
& In some regions $hulandi is played in !irst hal! o!the day% second hal! color po+ered and
colored +ater are sprin6led on each other and
evening Abir is smeared on the !orehead.
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3angapanchami
3angapanchami occurs
!ive days later onPanchami -!i!th day a!ter
the Poornamashi8!ull
moon0% mar6ing the endo! !estivities o! colors.
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/ulal and Colored Po+ders
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Medical Signi!icance
& he !estival occurs at the onset o! %pring.
& (eatherchange%
& Prone to cause viral feverand col!.
& 'ulal-Colored Po+der0 1 Made o! me!icinal
plants li6e
)eem * A:idaricta Indica
,um6um * Colored urmericHaldi 1 urmeric
'ilva * Fruit bearing medicinal tree
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Celebration in Vrindavan
#rin!avan* A city in India +here "or! Krishnagre+ up
The Festival1 Celebrated !or => days until 3angpanchmi in
Holy memory o! the divine love o! Ra!ha1Krishna.
Popularity1 "ord ,rishna is believed to have populari:ed the!estival by playing pran6s on the 'opis.
Dark Comple)ion of Krishna1 ,rishna used to be complain
to his mother about the contrast bet+een his dar6
color and his consort 3adha7s !air color.
Color on Ra!ha*s Face1 ,rishna7s mother decided to apply
colour to 3adha7s !ace. he celebrations o!!icially
usher in spring% the season of love.
Since ages Holi is the most popular !estival o! Vrindavan.
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,rishna Celebrating HoliA painting o! 3a?sthani style at the Smithsonian Institute%
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Holi in Mathura
Holi +as also the name o! a !emale demon
Putana +ho tried to ,rishna% by !eeding him
poisoned nipples to suc6le. he miracle baby,rishna suc6ed so intensely that he drained the
she demon o! her li!e. She +as burnt on the
pyre ne;t day.
It is one o! the ma?or celebrations in Mathura.
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+conomic %ignificance
& A Festival to Celebrate /ood Harvest
and Fertility o! "and
& )e+ Seasonal Crop comes home during
spring.
& A Festival o! Farmers
& India +as a land o! !armers8villagers
& Importance !or business community as ne+
purchases are made on this occasion.
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Social Signi!icance
& /athering o! people !rom di!!erent sections o! society
irrespective o! their social and economic status
& Coming together o! males and !emales to sprin6le
colors on each other& 2nacting divine love o! 3adha1,rishna
& Forgiving enmities and shed di!!erences
& eenagers spend the day celebrating in the streets
& Adults e;tend the hand o! peace and !riendship& People en?oy sprin6ling abir% gulal and colored
+ater on each other
& $istribution o! s+eets and having !east together.
&Family /et1ogether
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Invincible $hundhi
+n the ancient time, during the reign o% very %irst king, Prithu,
there was a terrile ogress called hundhi. (he had
)er%ormed severe )enances and had won several oons
%rom the deities that made her almost invincile. (he loved
to devour children. /owever, due to a curse o% 0ord (hiva,she was not so immune to the )ranks and auses o% young
oys. 1ne day, the courageous oys o% the village decided
to get rid o% her %orever. "hey got intoxicated on haang and
drunk and then %ollowed hundhi eyond the oundary o%the village, eating drums, making loud noise, shouting
oscenities and hurling insults at her and continued doing
this until she le%t the village %or good. "his is the reason that
even today young oys are allowed to indulge themselves
in rowdiness, using rude words and intoxication on /oli.
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Dolapurnima or Dolayatra
Instead o% the exuerant and 2oyous celerations that are witnessed
elsewhere, Bengal oserves this %estival in a 3uiet and digni%ied
manner as ola)urnima or olayatra the %estival o% the swing*. "he
%estival, said to have een initiated y the king +ndradyumn in&rindavan. +t is s)read over 4 or 5 days, starting %rom the sukla
haturdasi67th* o% Phalguna month. 8 celeration in honor o% 8gni
"he $ire #od* and worshi) o% #ovinda Krishna* in image on a swing
are the im)ortant %eatures. "he %ire kindled on the %irst day is to e
)reserved till the last day. "he swing is to e rocked 96 times at theend o% the %estival.
The day is also celerated as the irthday o% the great )oet saint, (ri
Krishna haitanya 8.. 67:;-6544*, in Bengal, 1rissa, Mathura and
&rindavan.
the %estival o% the swing
he Festival o! S+ings
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eleration in Pusti-Marga "em)les
Pushti-Marga temples, spread throughout North and
Western States of India, celebrate the festival in a wa
reminiscent of ra!put courts" The #eit are liberall
sprin$led with perfumes, saffron water, $esudo, and
covered in sandalwood as well as the white and pin$
powder, abir and gulal" %oous celebration isaccompanied b classical music, poetr and fol$ songs
appropriate for the occasion" #eit&s white clothes& are
soon transformed into a mass of color as gold and silver
sringes spra colorful water on all participants" Thecelebrations officiall usher in the pleasant season of
love, spring" In the Pushti-Marga temples, the festivities
last for almost a month" 'eginning on the da of Vasant-
Panchami, the festivals last till the da after (oli" This
helps to prolong the season of divine love and !o"
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(ther 3egional Celebrations
ribesmen in central India celebrate in
old traditional +ays.
In the to+ns o! 3a?asthan 1 2specially@aisalmer 1 the music7s great% and
clouds o! pin6% green% and tur9uoise
po+der !ill the air.