When is Holi Celebrated?
Holi, the festival of colors is celebrated with the arrival of spring season. It marked as the opening festival in Hindu calendar and falls on the full moon day in the month of Phalgun (February / March). Due to the multi-lingual feature of India, this spring festival is known by various other names such as Phagwa in Bhojpui, Holla Mohalla in Punjabi and Dolyatra or Basanta utsav in Bengali. But the main essence of celebration remains the same. Breaking the shackles of caste, creed and religion, people in each and every nook and corner of our country celebrate this festival with utmost joy and cherish the moments of celebration. How is Holi Celebrated? Not only children or youngsters, even the old people wait anxiously for Holi, so that they revive and relive their hey days. It is a two day long festival in which on the first day people symbolically burn demoness Holika, Hiranyakashipu’s sister who has tried to killed the young Prahlad, great devotee of Lord Vishnu. On the second day,
