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Awesome holi sms

Khaa key gujiya, pee key bhaang, laaga k thora thora sa rang, baaja ke dholak aur mridang, khele holi hum tere sang.
HOLI MUBARAK

Holi SMS, Holi Hindi SMS, 130 Characters

Holi par sabhi ko sabhi rango se milkar ek rang, apko mile jo apki khusiyon ko rangin bana de.
Happy Holi

Holi SMS, Holi Hindi SMS, 107 Characters

Rang udaye Pichkari rang se rang jaye duniya sari holi ke rang
aapke jeevan ko rang de ye shubha kaana hai hamari.
HAPPY HOLI

Holi SMS, Holi Hindi SMS, 128 Characters

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Have a Nice Day!

Holi SMS, Holi English SMS, 167 Characters

Rango Ke Tyohar Me Sabhi Rango Ki Ho Bharmar,
Dher Saari Khushiyo Se Bhara Ho Aapka Sansar,
Yahi Dua hai Bhagwan Se Hamari Har bar,

Holi Mubarak!

Holi SMS, Holi Hindi SMS, 150 Characters

Makki ki Roti, Nimbu ka Aachar,
Suraj Ki Kirne, Khushiyo ki Bahar,
Chand Ki Chandi, Apno ka Pyar,
Mubarak Ho Aapko, HOLI ka Tyohar

Holi SMS, Holi Hindi SMS, 133 Characters

Rango mein ghuli ladki kya laal gulabi hai,
Jo dekhta hai kehta hai kya maal gulabi hai,
Pichle baras tune jo bhigoya tha holi mein,
Ab tak nishani ka woh rumaal gulabi hai

Holi SMS, Holi Hindi SMS, 175 Characters

Aapne dil ka haal batana chod diya, humne bhi gehrai mein jaana chod diya. HOLI se pehle hi aapne nahana chod diya?

Holi SMS, Holi Hindi SMS, 115 Characters

Pichkari ki dhar, gular ki bauchar, apno ka pyar, yahi hai HOLI ka tyohar. Wishing you and your family a very hapy and colourful HOLI.

Holi SMS, Holi Hindi SMS, 134 Characters

Holi SMS

When it's time to send Holi wishes to loved ones people simply look for some good Holi festival SMS. Well, sending a Holi SMS is the best way to shower your heartiest feelings and blessings on the dear ones and to those who stay far off. Here is a great collection of Holi greetings to share special feeling of the festival with your friends, family and close ones. You can also send us some interesting Holi SMS and enrich our section.

Hindi Holi SMS
Funny Holi SMS
English Holi SMS

Hindi Holi SMS
Saade rang ko galti se aap naa kora samjho,
Isi mey samaaye indradhanushi saaton rang,
Jo dikhe aapko zindagi saadagi bhari kisi ki,
To aap yun samjho satrangi hai duniya usiki,
Holi aayi satrangi rango ki bouchar laayi,
Dher saari mithai aur mitha mitha pyar laayi,
Aap ki zindagi ho mithe pyar aur khusiyon se bhari,
Jisme samaaye saaton rang yahi shubhkamna hai hamaari.

Lal, gulabi, neela, pila hathon me liya samet,
Holi ke din rangenge sajni, kar ke meethi bhent.

Pichkari ki Dhar,
Gulal ki bauchar,
Apno ka pyar,
Yahi hai yaaron holi ka tyohar.
Happy Holi!!!!

Rangon se bhi rangeen zindagi hai humari, rangeeli rahe yeh bandagi hai humari,
kabhi na bigde ye pyar ki rangoli, aye mere yaar aisi HAPPY HOLI.

Gul ne gulshan se gulfam bheja hai,
Sitaro ne aasman se salaam bheja hai,
Mubaraq ho aapko holi ka tyohar,
Humne dil se yeh paigam bheja hai.

Rango ke tyohar mein sabhi rango ki ho bharmar,
Dher saari khushiyon se bhara ho aapka sansar,
Yahi dua hai bhagwan se hamari har bar,
Holi Mubarak ho mere yaar!

Khaa key gujiya, pee key bhaang, laaga ke thoda thoda sa rang, baja ke dholak aur mridang, khele holi hum tere sang.
Holi Mubarak!
Rango mein ghuli ladki kya laal gulabi hai
Jo dekhta hai kehta hai kya maal gulabi hai
Pichle baras tune jo bhigoya tha holi mein
Ab tak nishani ka woh rumaal gulabi hai.

Chadenge jab pyare rang, ek meri dosti ka rang bhi chadhana.
Lagne lagenge tumhe suhane sare rang,
Aur meri dosti ka rang chamkega hurdum tumhare sang.
Bolo sarararara....
Wish you a very mastiful and colourful Happy Holi!

Apun wishing you a wonderful,
Super-duper,
Zabardast,
Xtra-badhiya,
Xtra special,
Ekdum mast and dhinchak,
Bole to ekdum jhakaas
“Happy Holi”.

Funny Holi SMS
Me ja ja jovu hu,
Mane tharo chahero dikhto hai,
Ii thaaro kusur nathi,
Salo sab chahero aaj rangeelo hai,
Holi Mubarak!

Aapne dil ka haal batana chod diya, humne bhi gehrai mein jaana chod diya. Holi se pehle hi aapne nahana chod diya?

Rang barse bhige chunar wali, rang barse o rang barse bhige chunar wali..rang barse, are rang barse bhige chunar wali..re! Ab ghar jao nahi to jukham lag jayega.

English Holi SMS
Dipped in hues of love and trust has come the festival of Holi.
Happy Holi!!

Bright colors, water balloons, lavish gujiyas and melodious songs are the ingredients of perfect Holi. Wish you a very happy and wonderful Holi.

May God gift you all the colors of life, colors of joy, colors of happiness, colors of friendship, colors of love and all other colors you want to paint in your life. Happy Holi.

If wishes come in rainbow colors then I would send the brightest one to say Happy Holi.

A true and caring relation doesn't have to speak loud, a soft sms is just enough to express the heartiest feelings. Enjoy the festival of Holi with lot of fun.

Best wishes to you for a Holi filled with sweet moments and memories to cherish for long.
Happy Holi!

The Fire Festival of Holi

The Fire Festival of Holi


Holi has long traditional links with several legends. According to one popular legend, the word Holi is derived from the demoness, Holika. She was the sister of Hiranyakashyap, a demon king, who having defeated the Gods, proclaimed his own supremacy over everyone else in the Universe. Enraged over his son, Pralhad's ardent devotion to Lord Vishnu, Hiranyakashyap decides to punish him. He takes the help of his sister, Holika, who is immune to any damage from fire. Holika carries Prahlad into the fire but a divine intervention destroys her and saves Prahlad from getting burned. Thus Holi is celebrated to mark the burning of the evil Holika. Though, another story says that, Holika was kind enough not to kill the baby Prahlad, and instead, she wrapped Prahlad with the fire-immune magic cloth, which she possessed, and gave up her own life in the fire. She went to the Heaven for this good act. But, no matter what the story is, it is actually a celebration of the triumph of good over evil.



 
 
On the full moon day of the month of Phalgun the feast of Holika Dahan is celebrated. According to the Puranas and the Bhagavat, uncle Kansa, in an attempt to kill the boy Krishna, sent Putna, a female demon, with the hope that he would drink her poisonous milk. But Krishna drank the milk, and also sucked Putna's blood. Thus he digested the poison and Putna died. During the night of Holi a big fire is lit in which Putna is burnt.



 
 
According to another story, Dhundha, the witch, or female demon, used to harass small children. By lighting big fires it is believed that she gets frightened and is driven out of the village. Today the custom goes on of making big bonfires in every lane of cities and villages. This feast is also known as "kamdahan" (the burning of lust), or "Madandahan" (the burning of Madan). As the story goes, in order to destroy the demon Tarkasur, the gods thought that only the son of Shankar would have the needed power. But Shankar was lost in meditation, not at all interested in marriage or sexual pleasure. As Shankar was deeply engrossed in his penance, the gods sent Madan (another name for Kamadeva, the god of love, lust & beauty) to tempt him. Madan tried to draw Shankar's attention towards Parvati. Then Shankar became angry and opening his third eye on his forehead, he cast a fiery look on Madan and reduced him to ashes.



 
 
There are so many fire-festivals, varying from region to region, is associated to Holi. On the day of Holi in some houses the head of the family worships the fire. A mango tree, or a coconut tree, or a betel nut tree, or a castor oil plant, or a plantain tree is buried in the middle of the fire. Usually people burn the Holika tree on the eve of Holi. Now, in many places a huge cardboard statue of Holika is burnt during Holi. This whole symbolic-event of burning of the evil, and establishing the good is called "Holika Dahan" (or, the burning of Holika). Folklore and dances are performed around the fire to welcome the new season. On the morning of Holi, people have fun with colored water. Men, women and children all participate in this merry making.



Time for Fun in Holi


Spring time in India, flowers and fields are abloom in their resplendent glory and the country goes wild with people running on the streets and smearing each other with brightly hued powders and coloured water. This is the festival of Holi, celebrated on the day after the full moon in early March every year.



 
 
Houses are given a fresh coat of color, beautiful floral designs are drawn at the entrance, and powdered colors and spraying pistons are bought. Young men and women mingle freely and participate in dances and cultural programs. Young men throw coloured powder and coloured water on women, using pichkaris. The origin of this custom can be found in the pranks of Krishna, who used to drench milkmaids in the village with water and play various other tricks on them.



 
 
In earlier days the colors were extracted from a flower that blossoms only during this festival. People used vegetable dyes like those from the tesu or palash flower which gave a lovely yellow colour and was supposed to be good for the skin. The chemical colours now used can be harmful. And the pistons were made of bamboo sticks. But over the years colors are made artificially and pistons made of different materials are available in various designs.



 
 

Holi Recipes all new and awesome

Malpua


Ingredients :


>< 3 cups of fine wheat flour
>< 1 cup fine semolina (Suji)
>< 2 cups grated jaggery (gur)
>< 2 Tablespoons ghee
>< 1 Tablespoon peppercorns
>< 2 cups milk
>< 1 Lime
>< 1 Tablespoon curd
>< Pinch each of salt and soda.

Directions :


Place the flour and the semolina in a dekchi along with the milk, curds, jaggery and the pinch of salt. Beat at least for 5 to 7 minutes so that the mixture becomes light and fluggy. Pound the peppercorns coarsely & add to the mixture. Heat two tablespoons of ghee and pour over the mixture. Mix well, cover the dekchi and let stand for 7/8 hours in a warm place. The mixture would have risen by this time. Stir it well. If it is thick, add a little milk or water to bring it to the pouring consistency. Add and blend in it the pinch of soda and juice lime. Place a deep frying pan with lot of ghee in it, when it is heated lower the fire, gently put in one tablespoon of the ready batter into the heated ghee. Fry to a golden brown colour on both sides. While frying splash to make it porous and crisp. Take out with a slotted spoon & place in a strainer so that the extra ghee drips down. Thus fry - Malpuas can be stored for a week or so.





 
 

Bhang

(traditional drink for Holi)

Ingredients :


>< 1 cup rice milk (or plain milk)
>< 2 cans full fat coconut milk
>< 1 cup ground cannabis buds (bhang)
>< 1 tbsp. cloves
>< 2 tbsp. cardamom
>< 5 tbsp. blanched almonds (ground) or hulled hemp nut
>< 1 tsp. poppy seeds
>< 4 tbsp. cinnamon
>< 7 rose petals or rose water

Directions :


Combine milks into a large sauce pan and stir over medium heat. Add cannabis (bhang) and stir frequently for about 10 minutes. Add all other ingredients one at a time, stirring constantly. Simmer on low heat for roughly 30 min. Strain mixture through cheesecloth or strainer. Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a cannabis leaf on top. Serve warm. You should be able to find all of these spices and a rose at your local grocery store. Most of the spices are optional, so feel free to experiment with variations to find your favorite combination. If you have leftovers, you can keep bhang in the fridge for about one week. The mixture will become very thick, so reheat it over a low heat in a saucepan and add more milk to thin it out before serving.





 
 

Khasta Kachori


Ingredients :


>< Maida 4 cups
>< Hot oil 8 tbsp
>< Oil for frying
>< Salt to taste
>< For filling
>< Moong dal (half boiled) 1 cup
>< Gram flour 1 cup
>< Oil � cup
>< Garam masala 3-4 tsp
>< Salt to taste
>< Pomegranate seeds (crushed) 2 tbsp
>< Mango powder 1 tsp

Directions :


Heat � cup oil in a pan. Add moong dal and stir for 10 minutes. Add gram flour and cook some more. Add garam masala, mango powder and pomegranate seeds. Add oil and salt to the flour and knead a hard dough. Cover and keep for 10-15 minutes. Divide into equal portions. Flatten each ball, put 1 tsp mixture of filling and close. Keep all kachoris covered with a wet muslin cloth. Heat oil till it is smoking. Remove from fire and cool. Put it again on low flame. Flatten kachori a little at the top and put in oil one by one. Keep on full flame, when kachoris puff up, lower the flame and turn and fry till golden in colour. Cool oil again and repeat the process with rest of the kachoris.





 
 

Bread Dahi Vada


Ingredients :


>< Bread slices 10
>< Paneer 50 gm
>< Curd 250 gm
>< Oil to fry
>< Salt to taste.
>< Red chilli powder
>< Black pepper

Directions :


Remove the brown portion from all slices. Soak these in water and squeeze. Mix mashed paneer in soaked bread slices. Add a pinch of salt and mix well. Make small-sized balls, flatten and deep fry till light brown. Remove from oil and soak in warm water for 10 minutes. Squeeze and keep aside. Beat the curd. Add salt and chilli powder. Add vadas and decorate with mint and jeera powder.





 
 
Paapri
Ingredients
2 cups refined flour
2 tbsp oil
� tsp salt
water to knead the dough
oil for deep-frying
Method
Mix the salt and oil into the flour and knead into a stiff dough with the water. Rest covered for at least half an hour.
Roll out dough till it is � cm/ 1/8 in thick, and cut out into 3 cms/1/� in rounds with a cutter.
Heat the oil till a piece of dough dropped in comes up at once. Then add as many rounds as fit in comfortably. Lower heat to medium.
Fry the paapris till golden brown on both sides. Some will puff up. These can be used for gol gappas as well.
Lift out of the oil and drain on an absorbent paper; repeat with the rest of the dough, increasing the heat for a few seconds before adding the fresh lot.



 
 
Shrikand
Ingredients
8 ounces cottage cheese
16 ounces plain yogurt
1 can condensed milk
1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/8 cup mixed chopped nuts

Method
Place yogurt in cheesecloth and hang from a bowl for about 30 minutes. Water will drain out and the yogurt will be more compact. Blend cottage cheese and condensed milk until creamy. Add in the yogurt. Add nuts and cardamoms.



 
 
Gulabi Sandesh
Ingredients
chenna/paneer- 500 gms
khoya/mava- 100 gms
rose water- 1/4 sp
green elaichi powder- 1/4 tsp
powder sugar- 100 gms

Method
Prepare the fresh chenna/cottage cheese by using approximately 2 litres milk. Curdle the milk using 1/2 tsp. lemon juice. Mash up the chenna immediately and mix with the crumbled up khoya, add in rose water, elaichi powder, sugar, and mix until smooth. Shape them into small walnut sized balls and steam for 10-12mins. Garnish with rose petals and serve.




 
 
Puran Poli
Ingredients:
1cup Chana dal (Bengal gram)
1cup Jaggery (grated)
1 cup Maida or finely sieved Wheat flour
1 tbsp cooking oil
one pinch nutmeg powder
one pinch elaichi powder

Method
Stuffing : Wash the chana dal, add two cups of water to it and cook it in the pressure cooker. Drain excess water, if any. After cooling, blend it to a smooth paste. Add jaggery and cook the mixture in a kadhai (wok) over a low fire for a while. Keep stirring. Take it off the fire when it comes to pedha or laddoo like consistency. It should not be sticky or too dry. Add a pinch of nutmeg and elaichi powder to it. The stuffing is ready. Let it cool.

Paratha : Take the fine refined flour. Add a tablespoon of oil to it and a pinch of salt. Knead the dough as per the consistency of the stuffing. If the stuffing is really smooth, then let the dough be a soft too. If the stuffing is a little dry, let the dough be firm. Roll the polis with the stuffing like you do aloo parathas.

You can either fry them in ghee on the tawa as you make them. Alternatively, you can bake them without ghee.

Best served hot with a smattering of ghee spread over it. For those who do not care much for ghee, the poli can be had dipped in milk or coconut milk.




 
 
Gujjia
Ingredients:
500 gms maida (flour)
1kg khoya
3tbsps kismis (raisins)
200 gms almonds (cut into thin strips)
6 tbsps cooking oil. ( keep some more aside for deep frying)200 ml water.
500 gms sugar.


Method:
Mix the six tablespoons of oil with the maida. Using fingers, mix well so that the mixture takes the form of breadcrumbs and binds to a certain extent. Now add some water and knead lightly. Keep adding water as required and knead into a soft dough.

Set aside and cover with a damp cloth. Put the khoya in a deep-frying pan and fry to a light brown colour. Add sugar into the khoya and mix well. Add almonds and kismis. Fry for a few minutes and remove from the fire. Let it cool, roll out the kneaded dough into a chapati, thicker and smaller than a normal chapati.

Fill half the chapati with the khoya mixture, fold the chapati and seal the round, twisting the edges inwards. Take care that the filling does not ooze out. Deep fry these gujjias, a few at a time, till they are a deep golden brown. Fry on a slow fire. When done, take them out with a sieve type ladle, draining the oil completely. Let them drain further on a spread out newspaper, till all the grease is soaked up. Store for use in an airtight glass jar.



 
 
Thandai
Ingredients:
4 cups milk
Half cup rose petals (fresh or dried)
2 tea spoons rose water
Two litres of boiled and filtered water
2 kg powdered sugar
8 to 10 black peppercorn
2 tbsp cardamoms
2tbsp aniseeds (saunf)
2tbsp poppy seeds (khuskhus)
4 tbsp dried and skinned seeds of melon (kharbooja)
4tbsp almonds

Method:
Boil the milk and cool it. Add powdered sugar in water and boil it to make a syrup of �one thread� consistency and let it cool. Clean, wash and transfer poppy seeds, aniseeds, black peppercorns and rose petals in a jug of water and soak for 3 to 4 hours. Grind to a fine paste. Also grind the soaked and peeled almonds separately and strain with a muslin cloth. To this mixture, add the sugar syrup and stir it properly. Add cardamom powder, shake well and keep in a bottle. You can prepare 10-15 glasses of Thandai with this syrup. To make Thandai, take 1/4th glass of the syrup and fill the rest of the glass with milk. Add ice cubes (or chill in the refrigerator) and stir well before serving.

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Holi - The Festival of Colours

The festival of Holi is celebrated on the day after the full moon in early March every year. As the brief spring warms the landscape, northern India cuts loose for a day of hijinx and general hilarity. It can be said that �Holi� festival is called a bright festival as a wide range of bright colors is used during it. The people believe that the bright colors represent energy, life, and joy.

Originally a festival to celebrate good harvests and fertility of the land, this exuberant festival is also associated with the immortal love of Krishna and Radha, and hence, Holi is spread over 16 days in Vrindavan as well as Mathura - the two cities with which Lord Krishna shared a deep affiliation. Apart from the usual fun with coloured powder and water, Holi is marked by vibrant processions which are accompanied by folk songs, dances and a general sense of abandoned vitality.




The festival begins on the night of the full moon. Bonfires are lit on street corners to cleanse the air of evil spirits and bad vibes, and to symbolize the destruction of the wicked Holika, the demoness, after whom the festival was named, according to a few. This ritual is called the "Holika Dahan", or the burning of Holika. The following morning, the streets fill with people running, shouting, giggling and splashing. Marijuana-based bhang and thandai add to the uninhibited atmosphere. Promptly at noon, the craziness comes to an end and everyone heads to either the river or the bathtub, then inside to relax the day away and partake of candies. In the afternoon an exhausted and contented silence falls over India. Although Holi is observed all over the north, it's celebrated with special joy and zest at Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandgaon, and Barsnar. These towns once housed the divine Krishna.




Each area celebrates Holi differently; the Bhil tribesmen of western Madhya Pradesh, who've retained many of their pre-Hindu customs, celebrate holi in a unique way. In rural Maharashtra State, where the festival is known as Rangapanchami it is celebrated with dancing and singing. In the towns of Rajasthan especially Jaisalmer, the music's great, and clouds of pink, green, and turquoise powder fill the air. The grounds of Jaisalmer's Mandir Palace are turned into chaos, with dances, folk songs, and colored-powder confusion.

Holla Mohalla is celebrated a day after Holi in Punjab especially by the Nihang Sikhs. This festival is characterized by cultural events. The Nihangs exhibit their martial expertise by organizing mock battles, sword fighting and archery on this day. This festival continues for three days.




An interesting ritual marks the festival of Holi in Haryana. Here the Sister in laws beat their brother in laws (devars) in mock anger with her sari rolled up in the form of a rope. In the evening the devars come with sweets for their sister in laws to earn their goodwill. This ritual is known as Dulandi Holi.

In Bengal this festival is known by the name of Dol Jatra, or Dol Purnima. On this day the idol of Mahaprabhu Chaitanya, placed in a pictursuqely decorated palanquin is taken round the main streets of the city. The head of the Bengali family observes fast and prays to Lord Krishna and Agnidev. After all the traditional rituals are over, he smears Krishna's idol with gulal or "aabir" (powder-color) and offers "bhog" to both Krishna and Agnidev.




In Manipur, Holi is extrem is a six-day festival here, commencing on the full moon day of Phalguna. The traditional and centuries-old Yaosang festival of Manipur amalgamated with Holi in the18th century with the introduction of Vaishnavism. The entire theme of the festival is woven into the worship of Krishna and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, also known as Lord Gauranga. Thabal Chongba, a popular Manipuri folk dance, is associated with this festival. The literal meaning of Thabal is 'moonlight' and Chongba means 'dance.' In earlier times, this dance was performed in the moonlight accompanied by folk songs. The only musical instrument used was a dholak or drum.

Holi - Its Mood and Backdrop

Its now the time of year when roadside stalls throughout northern India bear tables covered with bags of colorful powder, called gulal greens and blues, yellows, reds and purples rows and rows of bags. Holi, the great Indian festival of colors, is a unique celebration of high spirits, when the new season is courted with a riot of rich colors. It is like a grand kaleidoscope that glorifies all the hues that tinge and renew the lives on earth.



 
 

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Holi should actually be called the "Dol Yatra", or the "Dol Poornima", if one wants to stick to the authentic scriptures of the Puranas. "Dol" refers to the swinging of Lord Krishna
with his heavenly beloved Radhika (Radha), encircled by the 'Gopas' and the 'Gopinis' (the male and female inhabitants of Vrindavan, where Shri Krishna resided thousands of years back). Every year, on this full-moon night, the Lord romantically swang with Radha in the swing, decorated with beautiful wild flowers and leaves, the Gopas and the Gopinis were busy smearing colours to each other, and to the Lord and His concert, in a heavenly jovial mood. It was spring time, and the full-moon night ("Poornima") of the month of 'Phalguna'. Adorned with the smeared colors, the yellow attire, the garland of flowers, the ornaments of gold
and the peacock-feather in the golden crown, Lord Krishna, along with Radha, as if, defamed the beauty of a thousand 'Kamadeva'-s (the Hindu God of love and beauty).

...It's Holi, the vibrant festival of colors!! Holi - the word was originally hori or happiness in Brajbhasha, a dialect derived from the Sanskrit language. In fact, in Braj, people still call Holi, Hori.

Celebrated in March or April according to the Hindu calendar, Holi was meant to welcome the Spring and win the blessings of the Gods for good harvests and fertility of the land. Holi is also a festival of romance often represented by the love-play of Radha and Krishna. This is also the time to invoke and worship 'Kamadeva', the counterpart of Eros and Cupid. Brij Holi is famous all over the world for its gaiety in spirit.



Holi is all about having fun, playing with color and getting doped, all with the permission of the Gods! Add to the celebrations by sending your friends and family warm and bright wishes through our collection of free online greeting cards. Holi in the past was played with colors that were made from herbal sources. These colors did act as antiseptic prevention to many deadly diseases like pox etc., which were prevalent during spring time. The present-day colors are nothing but strong, crude chemicals, which can both be harmful, as well as deadly, in many cases.

There are many stories of the origin of Holi. The most widely held belief is that, Holi marks the day when the devotee of Lord Vishnu, Bhakt Prahlaad, seated on the lap of demoness Holika, was saved from the effect of the fire by God and the demoness got burnt instead. Other stories relate to the death of demoness Putana at the hands of Lord Krishna and to the burning of demoness Hoda by children. Some link the festival with the worship of Karma (the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation).

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