holi story
Holi Phalguna, known as 'festival of colors', is celebrated on the full moon day falling in the month of February (March-March). To celebrate the Holi, different colors and water are thrown between each other in a loud music, drum etc. Like many other festivals in India, Holi is also a symbol of good victory over evil. According to ancient mythology, the King associated with Holi is a legend of Hiranyashipu.
holi festival essay
History of holi
Hiranyakashipu was a king in ancient India who was like a monster. He wanted to take revenge for the death of his younger brother who was killed by Lord Vishnu. To get the power, the king prayed for years. He was finally given a boon. But this Hiranyakashipu started thinking of God himself and asked his people to worship Him like God. The cruel king has a small son named Prahlad, who was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. Prahlad never followed the orders of his father and kept to worship Lord Vishnu. The king was very hard and decided to kill his son, because he had refused to worship him. He asked his sister 'Holika', who was the fire guard, along with Prahalad, there was a fire to fire on his lap. His plan was to burn Prahlad. But his plan did not go through Prahalad, who was listening to Lord Vishnu's name all day, but Holika was burned in ash. The defeat of the Holika symbolizes the burning of bad things. After this, Lord Vishnu killed Hiranyakashipu. But this is actually the death of Holika, associated with Holi. For this reason, in a few states of India like Bihar, before a Holy Day, a pig is lit as a bonefire to remember the death of evil.But how did the color of Holi become? It is before the period of Lord Krishna (Lord Vishnu's rebirth). It is believed that Lord Krishna celebrated Holi with colors and therefore made them popular. He played Holi with his friends in Vrindavan and Gokul. They were tilted in the whole village and thus it has been made a community program. This is the reason that the Holi festival in Vrindavan is unmatched till date.
Holi is a spring festival to say goodbye to winter. In some parts the festivals are also associated with spring crops. After filling the farmers with new crops, Holi is considered as part of their happiness. Because of this, Holi is also called 'Vasant Mahotsav' and 'Kam Mahotsav'.
