Holi
The festival Holi is celebrated as a symbol os triumph of good over evil and celebrated
around huge bonfires.Legend is that holi as in the rakshashi Holika was immune to
fire.Taking this as an advantage Hiranyakasyap ,her brother,wanted to rule the earth as God.Angered by Prahlad's devotion to Lord Vishnu he wanted to punish him by throwing into the fire by the help of his sister Holika.But the Lord punished Holika instead of Prahlad.
Yet another legend holds that Holi is the same as the female demon Putana, who tried to kill
the child Krishna by making him suckle her poisoned breasts. Krishna however, sucked very
hard and drained the life out of Putana. Popular legend adds that the body disappeared and
the cowherds of Mathura burnt her with an effigy. Since then, Mathura has been the main
centre for Holi.
The festival Holi is celebrated as a symbol os triumph of good over evil and celebrated
around huge bonfires.Legend is that holi as in the rakshashi Holika was immune to
fire.Taking this as an advantage Hiranyakasyap ,her brother,wanted to rule the earth as God.Angered by Prahlad's devotion to Lord Vishnu he wanted to punish him by throwing into the fire by the help of his sister Holika.But the Lord punished Holika instead of Prahlad.
Yet another legend holds that Holi is the same as the female demon Putana, who tried to kill
the child Krishna by making him suckle her poisoned breasts. Krishna however, sucked very
hard and drained the life out of Putana. Popular legend adds that the body disappeared and
the cowherds of Mathura burnt her with an effigy. Since then, Mathura has been the main
centre for Holi.
Another legend is that rakshashi Putana tried to kill baby Krishna giving him her poisoned
breast milk.But baby Krishna sucked so hard that he sucked the life out of her.It wassaid
that her body was burnt in Mathura so Holi is celebrated there with more meaning.
Holi is usually celebrated in NorthIndia more than the South.People throw colored powder and
splash eash other with colored water pistols and have a lot of fun.At the end of the day
they have a great feast .
breast milk.But baby Krishna sucked so hard that he sucked the life out of her.It wassaid
that her body was burnt in Mathura so Holi is celebrated there with more meaning.
Holi is usually celebrated in NorthIndia more than the South.People throw colored powder and
splash eash other with colored water pistols and have a lot of fun.At the end of the day
they have a great feast .
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