Happy Holi!

India (CHAKRA) - The festival of colours, Holi is being celebrating on March 1 across the country. Holi is one of the most important festival of Hindu and for all Indian. According to the Hindi calendar, Holi is celebrated on the full moon day in the month of Phalgun. Holika Dahan is being celebrated on the eve of Holi. The tradition behind the holika dahan is, demon King Hiranyakashyap asked his sister Holika to enter a blazing fire with Prahlad in her lap but Prahlad was saved by lord himself for his extreme devotion and evil minded Holika was burnt to ashes. Peoples gather at streets, colonies, crossroads and light huge bonfires.

All age group of people celebrates the festival of colour, holi, with joy, excitement and fun. They paint each other with coloured powder and throwing colourful water, kids used to play Holi with colourful pichkaris of different shapes like giant syringes or squirt guns or some cartoons and animals etc.