- Author: GREAT MASTER VIKRANT ROHIN
- Date: MAY 3, 2023
This festival is mainly celebrated in North India, mainly in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. But now it is celebrated universally in all the northern Indian states.
- It is celebrated on the last day of Fagan, Fagun, or Phalgun month (Feb 6, 2023–Tue, Mar 7, 2023), which is why it is called “Faga.”
- Phalguna month has special significance in the Hindu religion, Holi, Vijay Ekadashi, Phulera Dooj, Mahashivratri, and other festivals are celebrated in this month. It is considered particularly fruitful to worship Lord Krishna in the month of Falgun.
- Women make Namkeen Pare, Gujiya, and Mathri at home on Holi.
• It is usually played with an “Abhir gulal”.
• People travel from house to house and usually take bhang with them as an intoxicant to enjoy all day long.
HOLI
• Gobarguli / Bargali.: It is made up of cow dung. Used during the worship of Holi.
• Married women circumambulate a large bundle of straw, which they call Holi, seven times on that day and then it is burnt.
SOME FAMOUS SONGS ARE SUNG DURING THE FESTIVAL OF HOLI.
- Typically, people begin playing one month before the festival.
- RASIYA is a popular genre of Indian folk music from the Braj region of Uttar Pradesh. The genre of Rasiya has many subgenres and is performed in various contexts. The songs are known to portray a wide range of subjects; however, they are usually sung to a set of stock tunes that often depict the love of the Hindu god Krishna and the goddess Radha, Raseshwari, or Rajeshwari (the goddess of Rasa).
- DHAMAL: This song is played in the Uttarakhand region.
People play Dhamal by jumping or running in the fire. Nowadays street skipping and mischief. - CHUNG: In Rajasthan, they sing and play the music made by the Chung instrument.. – Chung It is a type of drum used as a folk percussion instrument during Holi.
- HISTORY
- In the Vedic texts (the oldest books and texts of Hinduism), we find information about Holka Bhavani; she is regarded as the goddess “Bhavani” in Hinduism. When the Aryans came to India, they brought many things with them, among which were some festivals like Holi.
- Holika was Maa Durga, named after Holak, the green chickpea. ( In Vedic texts, Holka is considered Chana/Chana/Green Gram)
- She was a saver of green chickpeas. The weather is changing, so do not destroy the cultivation of green chickpeas, and Goddess Holika should protect the green chickpeas. That’s why she is considered a savior. At the same time, she is also considered a pregnant woman, a fertile woman, and the land. VEDIC HOLI IS DIFFERENT FROM MYTHOLOGICAL HOLI
HOLI
THE LATER TEXTS—THE PURANAS—NARRATE ANOTHER LEGEND:
Holika also known as Simhika, is a demonic being in Hinduism. She was the sister of the asura-kings Hiranyakashipu and the aunt of Prahlad.
PRAHLAD AND HIRANYAKASHYAP
Prahlad: Disciple of Vishnu
Hiranyakashyap hates Vishnu. So he wants to kill his son.
So he sought the help of his sister Holika. Holika has a garment that cannot be burned by fire.
The cloth was known as Dhakhan Chira, so it cannot be burned; she said she will sit on Holika with Dhakhan Chira. But at the time when they lit the door frame for Holi, at the same time a gust of wind came and the cloth came on Prahlad’s body, Prahlad survived and Holika got burnt.
But this story is very interesting: why do people worship her? If she was a demon.
According to the new conjecture:
Holika was a wise woman, so we worshipped her, but in reality, Holika was Maa Durga, who was called Holika, which means “cheek pea.”
In Radha’s village, the men wanted to play with the women on Dhulandi, so Radha said that men cannot touch a woman, and they cannot smear you with gulal. Even if they try to apply gulal to you, beat them with sticks.
• Still not allowed to touch women; Just look at them and spread the gulal in the air so that it touches them. Then sing sing a RASHIYA (SONG
उड़त गुलाल लाल भये बदरा…………..
आज बृज में होली रे रसिया।
होरी रे रसिया, बरजोरी रे रसिया॥
DHULANDI
The next day, Holi, also known as Dhuli in Sanskrit, or Dhulheti, Dhulandi, or Dhulendi, is celebrated. In northern parts of India, children and youth spray coloured powder solutions (gulal) at each other, laugh, and celebrate, while adults smear dry coloured powder (abir) on each other’s faces.
भक्त प्रह्लाद के बचने से संपूर्ण ब्रह्मांड में खुशी मनाई गई। हर तरफ गुलाल और फूलों की बारिश हुई। अधर्म पर धर्म की विजय के रूप में इस पर्व को मनाने की परंपरा धुलंडी की शुरुआत यहीं से मानी जाती है।
NONSENSE WITH HOLI
- People don’t play with flowers on Holi, and Vedic rules aren’t for fools.
- Water-holi nonsense.
- In the White House, he celebrated two Hindu festivals, Diwali and Holi, but here we scoff at such festivals.
Playing with Chung
Dhulandi procession in Rajasthan.राजस्थान में धुलंडी जुलूस।
