Holi is of special significance in regions associated with the Lord Krishna, such as Uttar Pradesh. The devout elsewhere in India sometimes act like Muslims and make a pilgrimage there.
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| - Holi is of special significance in regions associated with the Lord Krishna, such as Uttar Pradesh. The devout elsewhere in India sometimes act like Muslims and make a pilgrimage there.
- Holi was a festival commemorating the perpetual renewal of the race. It was a lively spring Naga festival which celebrated life in the Rokugani month of the Hare. People smeared red and yellow powder on each other and sprayed one another with colored water. All Naga who were past their Adult Ceremony shed their skin on this day, symbolizing the return to a new life, and leaving the old ways behind. The skins were saved, to be burned during the Festival of New Year's Day.
- The main day, Holi, also known as Dhulheti, Dhulandi or Dhulendi, is celebrated by people throwing colored powder and colored water at each other. Bonfires are lit the day before, also known as Holika Dahan (burning of Holika) or Chhoti Holi (little Holi). The bonfires are lit in memory of the miraculous escape that young Prahlad accomplished when Demoness Holika, sister of Hiranyakashipu, carried him into the fire. Holika was burnt but Prahlad, a staunch devotee of god Vishnu, escaped without any injuries due to his unshakable devotion. Holika Dahan is referred to as Kama Dahanam in Andhra Pradesh.
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- Feb - March
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| - God Krishna playing Holi with Radha and other Gopis
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| - Indians , almost all Nepalese
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| - Holi is of special significance in regions associated with the Lord Krishna, such as Uttar Pradesh. The devout elsewhere in India sometimes act like Muslims and make a pilgrimage there.
- Holi was a festival commemorating the perpetual renewal of the race. It was a lively spring Naga festival which celebrated life in the Rokugani month of the Hare. People smeared red and yellow powder on each other and sprayed one another with colored water. All Naga who were past their Adult Ceremony shed their skin on this day, symbolizing the return to a new life, and leaving the old ways behind. The skins were saved, to be burned during the Festival of New Year's Day.
- The main day, Holi, also known as Dhulheti, Dhulandi or Dhulendi, is celebrated by people throwing colored powder and colored water at each other. Bonfires are lit the day before, also known as Holika Dahan (burning of Holika) or Chhoti Holi (little Holi). The bonfires are lit in memory of the miraculous escape that young Prahlad accomplished when Demoness Holika, sister of Hiranyakashipu, carried him into the fire. Holika was burnt but Prahlad, a staunch devotee of god Vishnu, escaped without any injuries due to his unshakable devotion. Holika Dahan is referred to as Kama Dahanam in Andhra Pradesh. Holi is celebrated at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month Phalguna (February/March), (Phalgun Purnima), which usually falls in the later part of February or March. In 2009, Holi (Dhulandi) was on March 11 and Holika Dahan was on March 10. Rangapanchami occurs a few days later on a Panchami (fifth day of the full moon), marking the end of festivities involving colors.
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