Legend Of Radha Krishna In India, Holi is the festival of color. It is a festival in which people splash water balloons at each other and smears beautiful colors of each other’s face. There are various stories and legends which lie behind the celebration of Holi. All these legends deliver important messages to the general crowd. The legend of Radha-Krishna is yet another story which brings out the essence of love and passion and reflects the reason why Holi is also called the festival of love. The legend Lord Krishna as a young boy was extremely mischievous and always managed to pull out pranks on innocent people. As the story goes, young Krishna being dark skinned was envious of his playmate turned lover, Radha’s fair complexion. There is a legend behind Krishna’s dark complexion as well. Once when he was just a child, a malicious demon tried to kill baby Krishna by adding poison to the milk he was going to drink. However, Krishna being the avatar of Lord Vishnu did not die but turned blue due to the ill effects of the poison and that demon was reduced to ashes. So one fine day, unable to find any legitimate reason behind this nature’s injustice, Krishna started complaining and whining about his dark complexion to his foster mother, Yashoda. In order to soothe and pacify her child’s troubled mind, Yashoda, in a playful manner suggested young Krishna to smear some color on Radha’s face so that he would be on equal terms as Radha would no longer be fair. Being just a child, Krishna was highly satisfied with his mother’s mischievous idea. He sneaked up on Radha from behind and applied color on her face. This mesmerizing scene of young Krishna smearing color on little Radha’s face is depicted in various murals and pictures. Moreover it is considered to be the root of Holi festival. The celebration This prank of young Krishna in which he smeared colors on Radha and her playmates faces and splashed water colors at them with “pichkaris” became so popular that it became a tradition and was passed down from one generation to another and ended up being a major festival. Even today beautiful and exotic powdered colors called “gulal”, water balloons and water jets are used by people while playing Holi. Being the festival of love and desire along with festival of color, the lovers are seen applying colors on each other’s faces as the colors are also symbolic of the colors of love and it idolized the two great lovers, Radha and Krishna. This scene is made alive every year all over India, especially in the historical regions related to Radha and Krishna like Vrindavan, Mathura, Nandgaon and Barsana. The entire country gets colored in the beautiful and breathtaking colors of Holi and celebrates the undying love of Radha and Krishna. In various cities it is a custom to place the idols of the two lovers on a decorated platform after which it is carried around the city in a procession with dancing, singing and throwing colors in air. Holi is also the time to forgive and forget so all the people, forgetting their differences, come along and plays Holi.
Legend Of Pootana Holi is a cultural and traditional festival of India that’s celebrated by the people with complete devotion and happiness. There are quite a few legends associated with this festival of color and Legend of Pootana is one such. Pootana if broken down means Poot (Virtue) and Na (No), implying someone who is devoid of virtues. The Legend This legend is narrated in numerous Hindu texts such as Bhagavata Purana, Prem Sagar, and Vishnu Purana etc. Going by the legend, Pootana was an ogress or ‘Rakshasi’ whose help had been sought by Uncle Kansa of Lord Krishna to kill his infant nephew. She is thus also called the “Killer of infants”. Kansa had tried several times to kill Krishna but all had been in vain. Finally, he instructed Pootana to kill Krishna by breast feeding him poisonous milk. Pootana took the disguise of a young, simple, beautiful pious woman and came to Krishna’s home town that’s Gokul (Vraj). Stunned by Pootana’s simplicity and beauty, Krishna’s foster-mother Yashoda let her take infant Krishna in her lap to breast-feed him. In order to fulfill her motives, Pootana had covered her breasts with an intoxicant called ‘mandana’ that would kill Krishna. But unfortunately for her and Kansa, Krishna had come to know the truth behind this simple, young woman and sucked all of her blood instead of the milk which led to Pootana’s death. It’s said that Pootana was screaming and pleading for mercy but Krishna did not listen to any of that and she actually ran out of the town in pain with Krishna still clinging to her breasts and finally fell down to the ground dead. During her last breaths, she came to her real demonic form and reduced trees up to 12 miles around into mere ashes. After her death, the residents of Vraj cut up her body and burned her flesh while burying the bones and feet. The smoke that arose from burning her body was fragrant and it cleansed Pootana of all sins. The reason behind this was because she breast fed Krishna and later on went to acquire a place in the heaven just like Krishna’s foster mother Yashoda. Celebration Holi is a Hindu festival that’s associated with numerous legends and even more traditions. Due to the rigid beliefs of people in the legends of this festival, they carry out these traditions with utmost devotion. Out of these traditional celebrations, some are also related to the Legend of Pootana. On the night prior to Holi every year, it’s a traditional practice to burn a statue or effigy of Pootana. This act is to symbolize the victory of divinity over demonic ones and thus reinforces the beliefs of people in this age old legend every year. Pootana is also considered to be the epitome of winter season and thus this tradition also implies the end and cessation of winter and onset of spring.
Holika Dahan Timing The tradition of Holika dahan finds its origin in the legend of Holika and Prahlad in which a demon king tried to kill his son, Prahlad, who was a true devotee of Narayana, by taking the help from his demon sister Holika, who was blessed to enter fire without being harmed. However as soon as Holika sat on the fire with Prahlad on her lap, he was reduced to ashes as Prahlad came out unaffected. In order to celebrate the victory of good over the evil, people set up bonfires on the night before Holi and this scene depicts brining of Holika for her own sins. The perfect timing to perform Holika Dahan As mentioned in Hindu scriptures and other holy books, Holika Dahan, which is also called Chhoti Holi or Holika Deepak, should be performed in Pradosh Kaal which begins right after the sunset. It should be done when Purnimasi Tithi is still there. However in the first half of this tithi, Bhadra prevails and carrying out auspicious and good deeds during this time is strictly forbidden. It is extremely necessary to choose the correct timing for Holika Dahan and thus some rules should be followed which selecting the perfect time. The best time to carry out Holika Dahan is at the time of Pradosh when Purnimasi Tithi is still there but Bhadra or the first half of this Tithi is over. However if Bhadra is still there during Pradosh but comes to an end before the midnight then Holika Dahan should be carried out after the period of Bhadra has come to an end but if Bhadra gets over after the clock strikes 12 at night. In that case the custom should be carried out during Bhadra and especially at the time of Bhadra Punchha. The time of Bhadra Mukha should be strictly avoided and by no means should Holika Dahan and its customs be carried out during that particular time. If Holika Dahan is done during Bhadra Mukha, it could bring misfortune and sheer bad luck not on for that area but for the entire nation for that entire year. In many occasions, Bhadra Punchha does not fall between midnight and Pradosh, in such occasions Holika Dahan should be performed during Pradosh. However in rare cases neither Bhadra Punchha nor Pradosh is available for carrying out the customs then Holika Dahan should be performed after Pradosh is over. It is critical to choose the correct timing for Holika Dahan but it is extremely important to choose the perfect one and no other festival timing requires such critical analysis. This is because doing a puja in an improper time will just not reap the benefits of it but performing Holika Dahan at a wrong time will bring about bad luck and suffering for the entire country for one whole year. In this festival of Holika Dahan people stack up twigs and dried grasses and set it ablaze. Then they go around the bonfire in circles throwing cow dung at the blazing fire and hurling insults as they consider Holika burning in that fire with all her evil forces.
Thandai Recipes Holi, the festival of color, is incomplete without powdered color called “gulal”, water balloons, and water jets called “pichkaris”, exotic sweet dishes, Bollywood party songs and of course, thandai. It is a cold and sweet drink which consists of watermelon seeds, fennel seeds, vetiver seeds, pepper, Rose petals, saffron, cardamom, sugar and milk. Whether you are chilling with your family after a playful morning of Holi or welcoming guests, this could be a great beverage to serve! Recipes Ingredients: 1 and a 1/2 liter water 1 cup milk 1 and a ½ cup sugar 1 tbsp. watermelon seeds 1 tbsp. almonds ½ tbsp. poppy seeds ½ tsp. cardamom powder ½ tbsp. aniseeds ½ tsp. Rose water (optional) 1/4 cups fresh or dried Rose petals 1 tsp. whole peppercorns Method: Soak the sugar in water and keep it aside. Soak the other dry ingredients in remaining water and set aside. Allow them to soak for 2 hours at least. Grind these dry ingredients into a paste. When the paste is fine enough, add water to it. Put a muslin strainer on top of a deep and large container and strain the paste through it. Pour the remaining water little by little for extracting more. Pour back some extract, press and repress. Repeat this till the residue is completely dry. Add sugar, rose water and milk to the extract and if cardamom powder is used mix it with milk before adding it. Mix the liquid well and leave it in the refrigerator for at least an hour before serving it. Ingredients: 2 tsp. aniseed 15 almonds 8 cardamom pods 2 tsp. poppy seeds 2 tsp. peppercorns 12 tsp. sugar 2 tsp. cumin seeds 400 ml milk 300 ml water 4 tsp. crushed ice Method: Grind the almonds. Grind the other dry ingredients. Mix them in a big bowl. Add milk and water and mix thoroughly. Strain it through cheesecloth until a completely smooth liquid is obtained in the bowl. Refrigerate it for at least an hour and serve cold. Ingredients: 1 and a ½ liter milk 250 grams condensed milk 6 peppercorns 10 almonds, soaked in water overnight and peeled 4 crushed cardamoms 1 tsp. poppy seeds 2 tsp. fennel seeds Crushed ice Method: Grind the peeled almonds, fennel seeds and cardamoms into a fine paste and mix it nicely with the rest of the ingredients. Strain the mixture until a completely smooth liquid is obtained. Half fill a glass with crushed ice and then pour the above liquid. Garnish it with rose petals. Ingredients: Pistachios Milk Almonds Sugar Walnuts Bhang Method: Grind all the dry ingredients into a fine powder and put it in a coarse piece of cloth. Heat up sugar and milk slowly by holding the piece of cloth containing the powdered ingredients in the milk. Squeeze out the excess milk from the ingredients in the cloth every now and then. Once the ingredients from the cloth get mixed into the milk in proper amount, stop heating. Cool it down and refrigerate, garnish with rose petals and serve cold.
Legends Of Holi Holi is also known as the festival of colors is basically the Hindu spring festival taking place in India and Nepal. It begins on the ‘Purnima’ or full moon day of the ‘Falgun’ month according to the Bikram Sambat Hindu Calendar and continues for two days. According to the Gregorian calendar, this is somewhat between the end of February and the middle of March. Popularly, the first day is called by the names Holika Dahan or Chhoti Holi while the following day is known as Rangwali Holi or Dhulandi. This is an annual cultural festival that has a lot of significations like the victory of good over evil or the end of winter and onset of spring or as a thanksgiving due to a good harvest or just simply a festival to laugh, play, enjoy and meet near and dear ones in hues of bright colors. The 2019 date for this festival is 13th of March. The Legends The legends of this festival consist of multiple shades of colors just like the festival itself. There are conflicting as well merging shades and tones that range from subtle ones associated with love and devotion to the darker shades for the demons and devilish happenings. An interesting aspect of these legends is that millions of Hindus all over the world have staunch beliefs on the viability of these legends and happen to believe that these come to life every year during the Holi festival. There’s a strong belief of the people that at the end, good will always win over evil and this allows them to celebrate the Holi traditions every year with complete devotion. Some of the most popular legends are: Legend Of Holika And Prahlad: This legend is about the egoistic demon king Hiranyakashyap who became the king of earth and wanted everybody to bow down to him including his son Prahlad who was a devotee of Lord Narayana and worshipped only him. Due to this reason, he tried killing Prahlad many times but each time Vishnu saved him. On the last and final time, he asked his sister Holika to enter a burning fire with Prahlad on her lap because Holika had received a boon that fire could not harm her but she didn’t know this happened only when she was alone. Prahlad’s ultimate devotion made him come unscarred from the fire but Holika lost her life. That’s how Holi came to be known as Holika Dahan and victory of good over evil is believed since that day. Legend Of Radha Krishna: According to this legend, one Krishna complained to his mother as to why was he so dark while Radha was so fair. To make him calm down, his mother jokingly told him to go and apply color to Radha’s face in order to make her like him. Krishna actually went and did that while the ‘gopiyas’ used water jets. This activity became so popular that it evolved into a full-fledged festival. Legend Of Kaamadeva: It’s said that Lord Shiva on this particular day reduced Kaamadeva, the God of love and passion to ashes as he had shot his arrow on Lord Shiva while he was meditating. He was instructed by the Gods to do this to bring Shiva to his original self and make him unite with Parvati. As Kaamadeva has pure intentions, his wife had pleaded to Shiva who revived Kaamadeva and ended everything on a happy note. Down in south India, people pray to Kaamadeva on the Holi day to commemorate his great sacrifice. Thus, in Tamil Nadu, Holi is also known as Kama-Dahanam. Legend Of Dhundhi: Dhundhi was an ogress who lived in the kingdom of Prithu and used to be a nuisance especially troubling little children. Due the boon he got from Shiva that nothing could harm or kill him, he became invincible. But the priest of the village finally killed him with the help of boys of the village. Henceforth, on every day of Holi, village boys run around the village shouting, abusing, giving slangs that is believed to keep away the ogress.
Bhang Recipes Bhang is a drink of Indian origin which is made using the leaves of marijuana plant and flower buds. This beverage is popularly consumed during the festival of Holi and is supposed to have a divine taste. It gives you a smooth feeling and inner vibrancy that makes you feel really good and high on energy. Set in the backdrop of colors and water balloons, glasses of bhang add to the essence of this colorful festival. You can make great Bhang following these recipes and your invitees and guests will surely keep asking for more. Recipes: Ingredients: 1 to 2 grams of ground marijuana 3 grams of butter Honey (optional) 2 cups of milk A pinch of spices like nutmeg or cinnamon Kitchen tools required: A pan A stirring spoon A glass to serve in Directions: First and foremost, the pan should be heated on the stove and the butter is melted in it. After this, the grounded marijuana is added to the pan and stirred with the help of a spoon. After it simmers for about a minute, add milk to the pan and continue to stir. At this point, turn the heat down and just keep warming the mixture without letting it boil. For the final step, just add pinches of spices like nutmeg and cinnamon for that tangy taste. Put it into a serving glass to be enjoyed and drunk. You can also add some honey if you want a hint of sweetness in your drink. Ingredients: 2 cups of water 4 cups of warm milk 1 ounce marijuana 1/8 teaspoon garam masala (mixture of cloves, cinnamon, cardamom) 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons chopped almonds ¼ teaspoon ginger powder ½ teaspoon rose water Directions: Boil the water and pour it into a teapot. Clean the marijuana of any seeds or twigs and put it into the teapot and cover the lid. After letting it brew for about 7 minutes and strain this mixture with the help of a muslin cloth and collect the strained liquid. On the other side, squeeze off the marijuana leaves and put it in a mortar. Now add 2 teaspoons of warm milk to it and grind it properly. Then squeeze out the leaves and gather the milk from it. Then again repeat the grinding process by pouring in new milk again and again for about 5-6 times. Gather all of the flavored milk collected at the end of all the rounds and also add grinded almonds and some more warm milk to it. Finally, combine all the liquids thus collected including the water in which the marijuana had previously brewed in. Add to this, the ginger powder, garam masala, remaining sugar and milk and also the rosewater. Serve it chilled and enjoy this popular beverage.
Holi Recipes None of the Indian festivals are complete without some spicy and tasty dishes and Indians staunchly believe that way to the heart is through stomach so in order to make someone happy, prepare mouth watering dishes and that’ll be it. Here will see what dishes can be made in Holi to make the festival of color even more colorful. The recipes Aloo Pakora: Ingredients: One large potato 2 tbsp. rice flour 1 cup gram flour ¼ tsp. red chili powder ½ tsp. carom seeds ¼ tsp. garam masala (powder) 2/3 cup of water Pinch of asafetida 1 tsp. chaat masala Salt A pinch of baking soda Method: Mix all the dry ingredients with water. Peel the potato and slice it in thin and round pieces. Heat oil in a pan. Dip each potato piece in the batter prepared by mixing the dry ingredients and fry till they are crisp and takes a beautiful golden hue. Place the pakoras on paper towel to get rid of the excess oil. Serve it hot and garnish with some chaat masala. It can also be served with ketchup or chutney. Aloo Chaat: Ingredients: 2 potatoes (medium sized) 1 tsp. chaat masala powder ½ tsp. roasted cumin powder ½ tsp. red chili powder ½ tsp. lemon juice 1 tsp. dry mango powder Rock salt Coriander or mint leaves Water Oil Method: Half boil the potatoes in water to which add some amount of rock salt. On cooling down, peel and dice the potatoes. Deep fry or shallow fry the potato dices. Place them on paper towel to remove the excess oil. Put the fried potato dices in a large bowl and add all the spices mentioned above along with salt. Mix it well. Garnish it by adding some lemon juice on to and by adding mint or coriander leaves. Hara Bhara Kebab: Ingredients: 2 cups spinach leaves ¾ cups peas 2 potatoes (medium sized) 1 tsp. chaat masala powder 2 tsp. ginger and green chili paste 1 tsp. dry mango powder 2 and a ½ tsp. gram flour 2 tbsp. oil Salt to taste Method: Add some salt to water and blanch spinach in it. Drain the water and let the spinach cool down. Chop it finely. Roast the gram flour in a pan till it changes color slightly and gives out an aroma. Boil the peas and potatoes. Take the chopped spinach, boiled potatoes, boiled peas and green chili paste in a large bowl and mash it till it becomes smooth. Add the roasted gram flour, all the spices mentioned and salt and mix it thoroughly. Take small amount each time and give them round shape with the help of your hands. Fry them till a golden color appears. Serve it hot with ketchup or chutney.
The Legend Of Holika And Prahlad In India, Holi is the festival of color and love. On this special day people are seen playing with the colored powders called “gulal” and water balloons. This is tradition that has been carried out for centuries on the day of Holi. Every festival generally has a legend or a story behind its celebration and same goes for Holi. Among various legends lies the story of Holika and Prahlad and it is considered to be the main reason behind the celebration of Holi. The legend of Holika dahan shows how the good always wins over the evil and it celebrated by setting up a bonfire on the night before the day of Holi. The legend: As mentioned in the Bhagavad Purana, once there was a demon king whose name was Hiranyakashyap. With his power and strength he had taken control over the whole of Earth. In order to make his position more powerful, he commanded everyone to worship him and worshipping any other God was forbidden. However to his great disappointment, he found out that his only son, Prahlad, was a staunch devotee and worshipper of Lord Naarayana and would worship his father by no means. Outraged by his son’s disobedience, he plotted various ways to kill his son but failed every time as Prahlad was saved every time by Lord Vishnu. Finally Hiranyakashyap asked his sister Holika to help him kill his son. Holika was blessed with the power to enter fire without being unaffected. He had asked Holika to enter the fire along with Prahlad on her lap. Holika treacherously tempted Prahlad to sit on her lap after which she placed her own set on the blazing fire. As the story goes, Holika had to pay for her own sins and brought about her own death. Holika was completely unaware of the fact that the blessing would work only if she would enter the fire all by herself and not along with anyone else. On the other hand, Prahlad came out of the blazing fire completely unaffected as Lord Vishnu was highly satisfied by Prahlad’s true devotion and blessed him. Thus Holi is celebrated even today to mark the victory of the good over the evil and this festival was received its name from Prahlad’s treacherous aunt, Holika. This festival also comes with the message that if your devotion is true no force can harm you no matter how strong it is. Moreover if anyone tries to do harm to a true devotee, that person will meet his end. The celebration: This legend is marked even today in various states of India and especially in Northern India. The burning of Holika for her sins is imitated even today by setting up bonfires. People surround the bonfire from all sides and throe cow dung at it and shout out obscene words to it imagining it to be Holika. In the states of Orissa and Gujarat, this festival is observed and people pay respect to the God of Fire, Agni, by offering harvests. It is often a custom for people to take home fire from this bonfire on the last day of this festival.
Holi Messages Spread happiness and feeling of love on this festivity of Holi with these superb and incredible Holi Messages 2019: Sending love, affection and warmth to you and your family on this special occasion. Happy Holi! May you have the most amazing Holi this year. Enjoy to the fullest and play like never before. Here’s wishing you a very happy and cheerful Holi to you and your family. May the colors of Holi bring love, wealth, luck, prosperity, warmth, laughter, happiness and good health in your life. Happy Holi. Holi is the time of spreading love and happiness. This Holi add colors to the relationships, strengthen the bonds and build a platform of understanding and undying trust. Every small relationship matters. Happy Holi. May your life get colored with the mesmerizing colors of Holi making it bright, radiant and beautiful, leaving no grey patches. Hope you have a wonderful time with your friends and family. Happy Holi! May the beautiful colors of Holi cover up all your sorrows, disappointments and heartbreaks. May it bring about a brand new and a colorful start. Here’s wishing you a wonderful Holi. Have fun! On this season of colors forget the wrongs that have been done. Not because they deserve your forgiveness but because you deserve the peace of mind. Just let go and start fresh. Let us all come together and spread love, happiness and joy on this special occasion. Let us add colors to each other’s life and reduce each other’s sorrow. Happy Holi! May your angel like face get more beautiful with the colors of Holi smeared on it and I hope with all my heart that radiant smile never leaves your face even for a fraction of a second. Hope you have a wonderful Holi. Hope all the pretty colors, water balloons, elaborate sweet dishes and old school songs can bring on some fun, frolic and sheer madness, making each and every moment worth treasuring for the rest of your life. Happy Holi. Even though it breaks my heart to think that we can’t celebrate Holi together this year, but I hope you enjoy each and every moment of this day without any regrets. Happy Holi to you! Holi makes us understand how mundane the world would be without the colors. Holi gives us new hopes. Holi gives us inspiration and motivates us to start afresh. May Holi fulfill all your dreams and aspirations. Happy Holi. May this Holi splash happiness, love, warmth and joy on your life’s canvas. Wishing you and your family a safe and a joyful Holi. This holy let us all burn down sorrows, failures and disappointments in a bonfire and spread the warmth of love. Happy Holi! Hope this year you have the best Holi of your life so far and hope you celebrate it with full vigor and passion. Happy Holi! All these bright colors of Holi remind me of your beautiful and colorful nature and how you have filled my life with the most mesmerizing colors. I hope I can do the same for you too. Happy Holi! May the colors of Holi make your life more colorful than the rainbow itself and more exotic than the flowers. May all your wishes come true and may all your sorrows get washed away. Happy Holi. Red, yellow, blue, green, orange, magenta, purple. I hope you don’t miss out on any of the colors this Holi. Indulge into the madness and play hard. Happy Holi! I won’t wish for anything else but just for your happiness on this special occasion. May you be surrounded by laughter and giggles. A very happy Holi to you! May God shower his love and affection on you and your family on this special occasion of Holi and may he bless you with wealth, prosperity and good health. Happy Holi.
Holi Quotes Get inspired with these highly motivational Holi Quotes 2019 that can really give you the pleasure and peace of mind. “Holi is the day to express love with colors – all the colors, each with its own trait, to add a new feather in the walk of your life. Holi is a time to show affection. All the colors that are on you are of love.” “Dipped in hues of love and trust has come the festival of Holi.” “Holi is a time to reach out with the colors of joy. It is the time to love and forgive. It is the time expresses the happiness of being loved and to be loved through colors.” “Make merry with colors on Holi and the rest of the days with the colors of love.” “From the lanes of Mathura and Vridavana, the colors of Holi have spread all over the country. These colors also carry the message of love, brotherhood, and truth. So whenever you splash Holi colors on somebody, you give him a promise of being truthful towards him always, maintain brotherhood with him lifelong and shower him with all the possible love throughout your life.” “The dominant idea behind Holi festival is that we should live more in harmony with nature instead of trying to destroy her and make her our slave.” “Holi is not only about colors and sweets. It reminds of the divine and eternal love of Krishna and Radha. It also reminds one of Narashima, Prahlada and Hiranyakashyapa and thus the fact that ‘Truth and Humanity are invincible forces in the Universe.” “No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.”- Hanya Yanagihara “Bright colors, water balloons, lavish gujiyas and melodious songs are the ingredients of perfect Holi.” “Holi is the apt time to break the ice, renew relationships and link yourself with those that you wanted to with a bit of color.” “Holi is the time to unwind, De-stress and bond with sweets, Thandai and colors.” “Festivals are founders of life and the Holi is the best exponent of it. So, enjoy the festival of colors with water.” “Lift a bucket. Fill the balloons. Just aim it right and throw it with a vroom!” “On this day let the color shower love which dwells in our hearts. Let’s sing along together the ballad of love.” “Let the colors of Holi spread the message of peace and happiness and bathe everyone in colors of joy, love and prosperity” “All are child inside and this festival will bring out the child in us. So, let’s celebrate the color festival.” “Holi is the Holy day to express our life with colors. It is time to throw colors and water balloons on our loved ones.” “Holi is the day to forget our sorrows and build our bond with family and friends very tightly.” “Let this festival burn all negativity and bring positivity in life. Celebrate it with vibrant colors.” “Holi is a special time of year to remember those who are close to our hearts with splashing colors!”