Holi

Holi Festival is considered to be one of the most revered and celebrated festivals in India. It is celebrated in almost every part of our country. It is also often called the “Festival of Love” because on this day people get to unite together and forgetting all resentments and all types of bad feelings towards each other. It is also sometimes called “Festival of Colour“.

This great Indian festival of Holi lasts for a day and a night, which starts in the evening of Purnima (the Full Moon Day) in the month of Falgun. The evening before is celebrated with the name of Holika Dahan or Choti Holi and the following day is called Holi. In different parts of our country, it is known with different names.

The vibrancy of colors brings in a lot of positivity in our lives and the Holi is the festival of colors and is actually a day worth rejoicing. Holi is one of the most famous Hindu festivals that is celebrated in almost every part of India with the utmost joy and enthusiasm.

The ritual (or the festival) starts by lighting up the bonfire one day before the day of Holi. This process of lighting up the bonfire symbolizes the triumph of good over the bad. On the day of Holi people play with colors with their friends and families and in the evening they show love and respect to their close ones and elders with Abeer.