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Festivals |
Dol / Holi - Festival of Colours | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Holi/Dol
In Mathura and Santiniketan |
Holi Ecard Holi Recipe |
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They perform dances all around the 'ashram' to the songs of Tagore's 'Khol Dar Khol'. It is a spectacular spectacle to see the combination of blue firmament, golden sunshine with 'Palash' trees full of bright orange flowers and young students dressed in yellow and orange and bright colours of 'aabir' being flung in the air mingled with its smell. Truly Gurudev had a wonderful way of welcoming the Spring. Holi is celebrated on the day following the full moon in March every year. Celebrating the onset of Spring, Holi has immense importance in India both for its religious as well as social reasons. Myths specify that Dol Utsav or Holi has its roots in the eternal love of Radha and Krishna. It extends over a period of 16 days celebration in Mathura-Vrindavan, the abode of Lord krishna. |
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Holi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holi is a unique festival. Spring waves its magic wand of colours and nature
is replenished with colourful flowers; men too addicted to the natural beauty
rejoice in its surroundings by celebrating the Holi festival with different
types of colours. |
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Holi Colours | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Days
prior to the festival of colours, markets are filled with mounds of different types
of colours. They may be gulal or abeer, packeted synthetic colours and
baloons filled with coloured water.
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