- By Aalok Sensharma
- Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:34 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
New Delhi | Jagran Lifestyle Desk: People across the country are celebrating the festival of Holi with full joy and entusiasm today. Holi is also called the festival of colours as people celebrate this festival with colours. The festival is one of the most important festival in Hindu religion as it signifies the win of good over evil. People also consider the festival as a sign of repairing broken relationships.
A lot of preparations are done to celebrate Holi. People decorate their houses and prepare mouth-watering dishes, including gujiyas, malpua, thandai, bhaang ki pakori, dal kachori, apple kheer and many more.
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One of the traditions that is popular during Holi is ‘rangoli making’. Rangoli -- also known as alpana, aripoma, and kolam -- are designed in many ways and people have been using them since centuries to decorate their houses during the festival of colours. People say that rangoli making is a ‘hundred-year-old’ tradition, signifying the victory of good over evil and helps in removing negative energies from their houses.
So as you gear up for Holi, here are a few rangoli ideas for you to decorate your house:
Holi is celebrated with a lot of zeal and enthusiasm across the country.
On this day, people splash colours (gulal) at each other, using water guns and water-filled balloons.
People decorate their houses and prepare mouth-watering dishes.
One of the traditions that is popular during Holi is ‘rangoli making’.
Rangoli -- also known as alpana, aripoma, and kolam -- are designed in many ways.
About Holi:
Holi, also known as ‘festival of colours’, is celebrated in the month of Phalhuna -- which generally falls in the middle of March. It signifies the arrival of spring and the end of the winter season. Holi starts with Purnima of the Vikram Samvat calender. The first evening is celebrated as ‘Choti Holi’, also known as ‘Holika Dahan’.
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Holi is celebrated to signfy the victory of good over evil. It is believed that demon king Hiranyakashipu, in order to take revenge from Lord Vishnu for killing his brother, almost eradicated all his worshippers. However, his own son Prahlada was a big devotee of Lord Vishnu.
Hiranyakashipu, enraged with the fact, tried to kill his own son. He asked his sister Holika to sit with Prahlada on fire in order to kill him. Holika had a special clothe which protected her from fire. However, the opposite happened and Prahlada was saved by Lord Vishnu again.
Soon Lord Vishnu appeared in his Narasimha avatar and killed Hiranyakashipu and ended his cruel rule. Thus, Holi is celebrated across India!
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