Holi ("Fajua")
Introduction :-Holi
is the "Festival of colours", for it is celebrated by t hrowing
colours at each other. It is an important Indian festival on the full moon
day of Falgun .This Festival has a mythological basis. The story is that
this festival s celebrated in honour of the devotee Prahlad, who was the son
of the King Hiranya Kaship. The Letter regarded himself as God and demanded
that every body should workship him. The child Prahlad did not acknowledge
his father angry at this and dicided God Vishnu. His father became very
angry at this and decided to punish him. He issue an order that Prahlad
should be thrown into a blazing fire. Prahlad was made to sit in his siter
Holika lap and burnt. But Holika was burnt and Prahlad escaped unhurt. Thus
this victory Celebrated good over Devil.
On the whole however Holi is a
festival which is welcomed by the people of Mithila. It is a festival
filled joy and cheer and we should all see to it that it remains so and
the unpleasant activities of people should all see to it that it remains
so that every body enjoys it.
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