Happy Holi 2023: One of the most spirited and lively festivals celebrated by the Hindu people, Holi is loved by people of all age groups and gender with great eagerness.
The Festival of colours celebrates the blooming of spring season after long winter season. The day is observed on a Full- moon day of spring in the Phalguna month, according to the Hindu calendar.
Today i.e. on 8th March, the Festival of Holi will be celebrated. The day signifies the victory of good over evil and is a day when Hindu community let go of inside grievance, anxiety, doubt and distrust to start a afresh.
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On this holiday, it is believed that love increases when people smear colours on each other and put back together the broken relationships.
On the occasion of Rango wali Holi, people come together and smear wet and dry colours on each other. The Hindu people also celebrates this day by playing with water filled balloons and water guns. Like most of the Hindu festival, people also give treat to each other to celebrate Holi Gourmets such as gujiya and bhang.
Believed Story Behind ‘Holi’
A king named Hiranyakashayap, the ruler of demons got a boon that no one can kill him either by a human or animal, neither inside nor outside the door, neither at day nor night, neither on water, land, air and neither by a weapon.
The cruel king convinced everyone to worship him, but could not convince his son Prahlada, who was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. His father gave his sister (Holika) a command to trick Prahlada into sitting on a Pyre but the cloak his sister was wearing to protect herself went upward and encased Prahlada. In the meantime, Lord Vishnu in the Narsimha avatar- (half- lion- half- human) appeared and took the king by the doorstep and killed him.
Another great story behind this Festival is the avatar of Lord Vishnu as Lord Krishna, a dark- skinned playfully complained to his mother about his skin Colour and told him that Radha like him as he is and Radha also agreed to this – Holi is celebrated until Rang Panchami, in the celebration of the divine love between Radha and Krishna.
Main Theme of the Festival
There are 3 main themes of this Festival Holi –
1. Spring’s arrival
2. Love between Radha and Krishna
3. The story of Holika and Prahlad
Moral of the Holi Festival
Good always triumphs over evil, and those who plans to give sorrow to God believer will be destroyed.
