Spiritual Significance of Holi
On Holi day, Hindus remember the life of a pure devotee, Prahlad and keep his spiritual ideas alive. In other parts, it is celebrated as the day of Kaama dahan (burning of desires).
More details on Spiritual Significance of Holi
Legend of Holika – Holika Dahan
Modern Day Holi
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7 responses to “Holi – The Festival of Colors”
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What a wonderful celebration of colors!
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Dear EagleSpace-Team
I just read your blog about the Holi Festival and found it very interesting. I’m currently writing my Bachelor Thesis about cultural tourism in India and the impact of such on the Holi Festival. It is a very big project for me and to gather quantitative data I’m doing an online survey to get the perception of Indians concerning the topic.
Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of contacts in India and it is not that easy to get many responses.
Would it be possible for you to share the link to my survey?
The survey will only take a maximum of 5-10min and is anonymous.
I’ll use the data only for my bachelor thesis, which won’t be published.It would be a great help to me if you could share the link on any social network or via email.
Thanks in advance!
I’m looking forward to a feedback from you.Best wishes
MaikeThe link to my survey:
http://survey4.questat.de/index.php?sid=84599&lang=en -
Recived with thanks your lovely email on this divine occasion of Holi-2011!
Glad to share my childhood memories of this festival of India as desired by you.
I was distined to be born in Goa to a Roman Catholic family on the Holy Land of Gods created by God Parashuram (6th incarnation of Lord Vishnu) according to the mythological record.
Living in a multi-cultural Goan Society having the ancestral roots of Hinduism made me wonder as to how the Law of Land & the Rule of Law can influence a change in the way of living of an individual in society on this Earth.
As a student & teacher of History, I considered the festival of Holi is to rejoice in the love & devotion for the Supreme Being. Though the meanings of ‘Holi’ are numerous, one meaning of the word ‘Holi’ is ‘Sacrifice’.
The Puranas decribes Holi as a celebration of Virtue over Vice. It is also learnt that the tradition of playing colours on Holi originated from the ‘ Leela’ of Radha & Krishna ( 9th incarnation of Lord Vishnu).
My analysis on Law & Religion made me realise that all the rituals & prayers in the world cannot make up for a lack of piety, honesty & compassion. The routine religious practice of going to the holy places like the temples, churches, mosque, gurudwaras etc. to perform rituals is not sufficient to become spiritually pure in mind, body & soul (heart).
I therefore feel it’s high time that all the stakeholders should think together to bring a social change through the holy festivals like Holi which symbolises the colour of life on earth with love, dedication & forgiveness by washing away all the man made distinctions in society based on caste, creed, gender & other differences by forgiving & forgetting the past hate so that there is interfaith harmony to live our lives in divinity & discipline over passion for successfully enjoying the peace with prosperity on Earth by God’s Grace!
Wishing one & all a happy & blessed Holi-2011!
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What a beautiful comment, with one particularly strong truth… “… all the rituals & prayers in the world cannot make up for a lack of piety, honesty & compassion…” – Thank you!
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thank you so much, I really appreciate your e mails.
God bless you all…….
with Divine love…….Faustino Pena-cedeno-
You are welcome – Happy Holi to you and all your friends in South America!
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