Saturday , November 23 2024

6 interesting facts about Holi festival that most people do not know

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mythology: The festival of Holi is celebrated as a symbol of victory over evil. According to another story, the demon Hiranyakashipu wanted to kill his son Prahlad, who was a devotee of Vishnu, so he asks his sister Holika to sit in the fire with his son, having a fireproof blanket to cover him. But fire won't do anything.

So she wraps the blanket and sits in the fire holding Prahlad, but surprisingly the evil Holika gets burnt, Prahlad comes out of the fire, nothing happens to him, this Holika burning symbolizes the destruction of evil and the destruction of good. It is celebrated as a symbol of survival. ,

According to another legend, when Lord Krishna told his mother that the color of my skin is not like that of Radha, mother Yashodhe told Krishna to give me whatever color he likes, and accordingly Lord Krishna Colors were sprinkled on Radha, and from here the Holi celebration began. ,

Each color of Holi has its own significance,
Red symbolizes love, fertility, blue peace, divinity, green harvest time, yellow wisdom. Some people express their love by painting. The festival of Holi will also be celebrated to symbolize the end of winter and summer.

love, equality'
This festival of Holi is celebrated by the poor and the rich together, irrespective of caste and religion. This festival helps in maintaining peace, love, trust and reciprocity in the society.

This festival of Holi will be celebrated outside India also.
Holi festival is celebrated not only in India but also by Indians living in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and other countries.

Dance, music on Holika Dahan
On this day family members and neighbors spend time with joy and happiness by dancing and singing music. This festival of Holi will be celebrated with the hope that all the bad things will go away and goodness will flourish.

Earlier, natural colors were used during the festival of Holi, but now chemical colors are sprayed. If this chemical goes inside the eyes then it is not good and also causes skin related problems, hence use natural colors on the festival of Holi, may your life also be as colorful as the colors of this Holi, Happy Holi.