Holi 2021, reason for celebration of Holi 2021 with Holika Dahan and Colors

Holi 2021, why will we celebrate Holi 2021, with Holika Dahan and Colours

Holi 2021

Holi is a popular prehistoric Hindu festival, also known as the festival of colors and love. Holi was originated in India and is celebrated in whole World with gaiety. Holi 2021 festival will be celebrated on the full moon day (Purnima) of the lunar month of Phalguna this year also.

Spring Celebration or Holi 2021

Holi festival is predominantly associated with Holika Dahan event. Holi is two-day festival. The first day of Holi 2021 is called as Jalanewali Holi and also known as Kama Dahanam in South India. The second day or main day of Holi 2021 is known as colorwali Holi or Dhulendi. Holi 2021 is celebrated for arrival of Spring to honor the good harvest. Holi 2021 is a celebration of colours, frolic and love. Holi 2021 is a spring celebration and known as Vasant Mahotsav also.

Holika Dahan 2021

According to Bhagavata Purana, there was an ancient king Hiranyakashyap, king of demonic asuras, who claimed to be immortal and demanded to be worshipped as God. The son of King, Prahalad refused and chose to remain devoted to Hindu deity Vishnu. King Hiranyakashayap infuriated and subjected his son to cruel punishments. Holika, sister of King, sat on a pyre with Prahalad and she protected herself with a cloak, Prahalad remains exposed to fire. As the fire blazed, the cloak flew from Holika's body and encased Prahalad, thus saving his life. Holika dies in that fire, but Prahalad comes out completely unharmed. God Vishnu appears in avatar of Narsimha as half man and half lion, and killed the king Hiranyakashyap. Therefore Holi 2021 begins with the Holika Bonfire which marks the end of evil.

Holashtak

In the case of Holashtak, it is believed that holashtak started from the day on which God Shri Bole Nath destroyed Kamadeva in anger. From Phalguna Shukla Ashtami to phalguna purnima (Holi 2021), holashtak remains for eight days. The period of holashtak is considered suitable for devotion, there is lack of auspicious mahurats in these eight days. A place for holika dahan is selected and is purified with cow dung, eight days before Holi 2021, in the beginning of holashtak. Collecting wood for Holika Dahan is the most important task during Holashtak.

Colourful Holi 2021

Another story tied to the Holi festival is that of Radha and Krishna. The eighth incarnation of the Hindu God Vishnu, Krishna had blue skin because he drank poisonous milk from a demon Putana when he was a baby. Krishna feared that Goddess beloved Radha would not love him because of his blue skin. But Radha allowed Krishna to paint her skin with any colour, making them a true couple. God Krishna used to play Holi with his friends at Vrindavan and Gokul and thus made this is community event.

The Lath mar Holi, the traditional Holi 2021 festivity in Barsana, the home of Goddess Radha, is world famous. Holi celebration of other places related to God Krishna at Mathura Vrindavan, Govardhan, Gokul and Nandgaon, are also very prominent. Holi 2021 is one of the oldest Hindu festivals even the Holi sculptures, can be seen on the temples of ancient India, showing princes and princess holding pichakaree (Water Guns) to squirt water on each other.

On the occasion of Holi 2021 festival participants apply colors to each other's skin in honour of Krishna and Radha. It is said that Holi festival was originally a ceremony for married women to put colours on the members of family and spread prosperity and good will on their new family.

Celebration of Holi 2021

The Holi 2021 festival becomes wild with big crowds, coloured dye, water guns, music, dancing, and partying. To celebrate this Holi 2021 festival, we all will shop for Gulals and sweets. Gulal powder has always had an important role in Hindu culture and has always been used for religious purposes. In recent years Holi festival is celebrated globally and this festival spread real colour and happiness in the life of everyone.

Wish you a colourful, lively, safe and Happy HOLI 2021.

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Holi 2021, reason for celebration of Holi 2021 with Holika Dahan and Colors

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