Red, Pink, Blue, and Green, let the flying colors make your life colorful too

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Red, Pink, Blue, and Green, let the flying colors make your life colorful too
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An important festival in the Hindu calendar – Holi is a festival of colors that is all about community bonding. Having its origin in the Braj region of India, that is believed to be the place where Lord Krishna grew up. People in the Braj region have a 16-days-long celebration, which goes on until Rangpanchmi, which marks the commemoration of the divine love of Radha for Krishna. The festivities also mark the official ushering in of the season of spring, that fills the world with colors, just the way Holi does.

 

Legend also has it that the festival is associated with the story of a demoness named Holika, who was the sister of an evil king named Hiranyakasyapu. A self-worshiping king, Hiranyakasyapu loathed any other idol being worshiped and decided to burn his boy child named Prahlad (Bhakt Prahlad), for worshipping Lord Vishnu.

 

Prahalad believed that Lord Vishnu was omnipresent and this irked the king who asked his sister Holika to enter fire with the boy and burn him down. But it was Holika who was burned to ashes as Prahlad walked out of the fire unhurt. The effigy burning on Holi is said to symbolize the recall of Holika being burnt, which is also seen as being symbolic of good triumphing over evil.

 
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Besides, all these mythological significances, few people also believe that Holi is celebrated around the time when the fields are in full bloom, and a good harvest is due. This gives everyone a reason to rejoice, make merry, and sink into the spirit of festivity by painting the town in the hues of joy.

 

The scientific reason behind the origin of the festival could be that it helps the body prep up for the lazy season during the transition from cold to hot days. Another popular scientific reason behind Holi and Holika Dahan is that it helps get rid of the bacteria that spreads through the air during the mutation period of winter and spring. When Holika is burnt, temperature rises significantly, and the circumambulation around the fire kills the bacteria in the body thus, cleansing it.

 

Our ancestors burnt cow dung regularly and smeared it on the floor every day to keep bacteria at bay, however, in today’s time and age, it is festivals like these that give us an opportunity to do so and stay healthy.

 

The Holika Dahan and color smearing are followed by a worship of various deities and several delicacies prepared out of pure cow ghee and milk are offered to Gods and distributed among friends and relatives.

 

There is also a certain amount of social significance to this festival as it brings people from various walks of life together in celebration. A festival that extends beyond the family, and goes into socializing with et al., is all the more essential in our socializing over the internet days. So, this year burn Desi cow’s dung along with the Holika, grab a pack of organic colors, treat yourself to healthy sweets, and have a happy, prosperous, and a colorful Holi!

Red, Pink, Blue, and Green, let the flying colors make your life colorful too

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