The Story of Holi Festival

Let your lil one be aware of the origin of this colourful Occasion. Tell the story of Holi Festival from this video to your kids. Inculcate the religious belief to future generation by clicking this below video.

Festival of Holi is celebrated for 2 days. Holi has a theme of universal brotherhood and the holy bonfires that are burnt on the previous night which encompasses the religious nature of the festival and the origin of Holi and remind us the story of Prahlad, the child-devotee of Lord Vishnu.

The next morning which is also called a Dhuleti - a festival of colors. which most commonly cited revolve around the soul bond of Lord Krishna and Radha,

Story of Prahlad and Holika

There was once a demon king by the name of Hiranyakashyap who won over the kingdom of earth. He was so egoistic that he commanded everybody in his kingdom to worship only him. But to his great disappointment, his son, Prahlad became an ardent devotee of Lord Naarayana and refused to worship his father.

Hiranyakashyap tried several ways to kill his son Prahlad but Lord Vishnu saved him every time. Finally, he asked his sister, Holika to enter a blazing fire with Prahlad in her lap. For, Hiranyakashyap knew that Holika had a boon, whereby, she could enter the fire unscathed.

dangerously, Holika coaxed young Prahlad to sit in her lap and she herself took her seat in a blazing fire. Prahlad, who kept chanting the name of Lord Naarayana all this while, came out unharmed, as the lord blessed him for his extreme devotion. Holika had to pay the price of her sinister desire by her life as she was not aware that the boon worked only when she entered the fire alone.

Thus, Holi derives its name from Holika. And, is celebrated as a festival of victory of good over evil. As the legend depicts that anybody, howsoever strong, cannot harm a true devotee. And, those who dare torture a true devotee of god shall be reduced to ashes

Story of Radha Krishna

Young Krishna is known to be very playful and mischievous. As a child, Krishna was extremely jealous of Radha's fair complexion since he himself was very dark.

One day, Krishna complained to his mother Yashoda about the injustice of nature which made Radha so fair and he so dark. To pacify the crying young Krishna, Yashoda asked him to go and colour Radha's face in whichever colour he wanted.
In a mischievous mood, naughty Krishna heeded the advice of mother Yashoda and applied colour on her beloved Radha's face ; Making her one like himself.

Holi is the festival of freedom from social norms. Colors and 'gulal' are showered on the people dressed up in white clothes and the whole community seems to merge into one big fraternity under the guise of colors, without any distinction of caste, creed, color or sex. Children with 'pichkaris' (big water guns to spalsh colored water) and faces smeared with color look adorable.. 


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