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Comments on: Holi Festival In India – The Festival Of Colours and Elephant Beauty Contests https://www.thetraveltart.com/holi-festival-in-india-the-festival-of-colours-and-elephant-beauty-contests/ Australian Travel Blogger - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict! Tue, 11 Jun 2019 22:12:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Deepak Khanal https://www.thetraveltart.com/holi-festival-in-india-the-festival-of-colours-and-elephant-beauty-contests/#comment-10711 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 06:26:13 +0000 http://www.thetraveltart.com/?p=7892#comment-10711 Great festival of the Hindu Holi, which is very popular in world, We can celebrate same festival one day before then India does. Welcome to Nepal Holi festival as well.Thank for great post.

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By: Priti https://www.thetraveltart.com/holi-festival-in-india-the-festival-of-colours-and-elephant-beauty-contests/#comment-7334 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:31:25 +0000 http://www.thetraveltart.com/?p=7892#comment-7334 Hi,
I just found this interesting so thought of leaving a few words about this festival, Holi
Holi is one of the major festivals in India. this festival is celebrated all over India in some form or the other.
This festival has loads of stories associated with it,
I have so much to say that feel that this space might be less for the whole tale.
Holi was initially celebrated and played with mud, to build up immunity during the changing season in India from winters to summers.
Later from the era of Shri Krishna it was played with flowers, and some time later with the advent of technology, colours came into being,from only pink( more famously known as gulal) and red colour used to now many more other colours.
This festival has many stories attached to it
Most famous is one of King Hiranyakashyap who prayed to god for powers and was blessed not to be killed by any human or animal or bird. After after getting powers he assumed himself to be ‘Amar’ ie he assumed that he would live for ever and would never die and is thus equivalent to god. His son Pralad was a worshiper of lord Vishnu, who according to hindu mythology is the one who is the controller of this world.
The king asked his son to worship him and not lord vishnu but in spite of his repeated warnings he continued worshiping Lord Vishnu. the king then decided to get rid of his son, and thus tried many ways to do so, but each time he escaped. At last the king called upon his sister Holika, who was blessed never to get burned in fire to make Pralad sit in her lap and then sit on the pile of burning logs,However, due to blessings for Lord Vishnu, Pralad got away unscratched and holika got burnt up, that’s why a day before holi in the evening , people burn bonfires to celebrate victory of good over evil.
Later Hiranyakashyap was killed by a form of Lord Vishnu which was half man and half Lion, that is head of animal and body of man.
there are many other stories associated with Holi and i hope that i will write more about it again in this post before Holi , but certainly its one of the most beautiful festivals of india and its worth visiting northern india especially during this time.. anyways wish all a Happy holi in advance. see u in india

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By: EDMARATION https://www.thetraveltart.com/holi-festival-in-india-the-festival-of-colours-and-elephant-beauty-contests/#comment-7316 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:08:52 +0000 http://www.thetraveltart.com/?p=7892#comment-7316 That’s why it is Incredible India. It really surprises peopl. Imgaine that huge subcontinent with rich culture and tradition with billion of people and everything will just be surprising. I hope I can visit India someday. I have read several blog posts about India.

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