Holi Festival

Holi is one of the major festivals of India and is celebrated with grand splendor and show around the country. It is a festival, which spread the message of love, trust and brotherhood.

Holi is the festival of colour and joy. It is the one of the oldest festival celebrate in the country and therefore plenty of rituals linked with it. The central day, Holi, also known as Dhulheti, Dhulandi or Dhulendi, is celebrated by people throwing colored powder and colored water at every one. Bonfires are lit the previous day, also recognized as Holika Dahan (burning of Holika) or Chhoti Holi (little Holi).

Holi Around the World

Holi knows no boundation and boundaries too. Around the world

everywhere there is Indian people present Holi festival celebrate with great pomp and energy.

Mauritius - Just as the many other main Hindu festivals, the huge Indian majority, (about 63 per cent) celebrate Holi with a lot of enthusiasm in the island of Mauritius.

Pakistan - Hindus in Pakistan also celebrate holi, though of course in as grand way as in India. People celebrate the success of good over sin forces by lighting bonfires called Holika.

USA - Here Holi parades are taken out. People feel lot of fun in these parades as they play with the colour in the midst. There is so much revelry here that it becomes hard to imagine that New York is not a part of India.

Barsana is the place to be at the time of Holi. Here the well-known Lath mar Holi is played in the sprawling compound of the Radha Rani temple. Thousands group to witness the Lath Mar holi when women beat up men with sticks as those on the sidelines become hysterical, sing Holi Songs and shout Sri Radhey or Sri Krishna. The Holi songs of Braj mandal are sung in pure Braj Bhasha.

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Celebration in India
Diwali Holi Dussehra Ram Navami New Year Republic Day Independence Day	Makar Sankranti Mahashivaratri Lohri Celebration Baisakhi Gandhi Jayanti Children's Day Guru Nanak Jayanti	Durga Puja Naag Panchami Janmashtami Teacher's Day Father's Day Ganesh Chaturthi Guru Purnima	Basant Panchami Navratri Karwa Chauth Pongal Mother's Day Raksha Bandhan Ramadan	Muhorram/Al-Hijira Eid Eid-ul-Fitr Eid-Ul-Adha/Bakra Eid
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