Bhura na maano Holi hai!


Holi!,
A festival of Colours, Sweets, Fun and Meeting and Greeting friends and family.
But,
by the passing time we have modernised so much that nobody wants to go out play and spend some time with their near and dear one's. Everyone is busy at their places, celebrating the festival by just forwarding a few greeting messages, Uploading some Google'd pictures, Spending the entire day at home switching channels and chatting online. It seems as the festival has lost its main motive of bringing people together for celebration giving varied Mythological reasons.

Holi gets us close to our religion and our mythology as it is essentially the celebration of various legends associated with the festival.
  • Foremost is the legend of Prahlad and Hiranyakshyap. Prahlad was saved for his extreme devotion for lord Vishnu, while Holika paid a price for her sinister desire. The tradition of burning Holika or the 'Holika dahan' comes mainly from this legend. 
  • Mythology also states that Holi is the celebration of death of Ogress Pootana who tried to kill infant, Krishna by feeding poisonous milk to it.
  • Another legend of Holi which is extremely popular in Southern India is that of Lord Shiva and Kaamadeva.
  • Also, popular is the legend of Ogress Dhundhi who used to trouble children in the kingdom of Raghu and was ultimately chased away by the pranks of the children on the day of Holi. 
So,
Move out from your house,
Call some friends,
Go for a long walk/drive,
Have a lot of fun,
 Relive life creating memories for lifetime...

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