New Delhi: Holi, also known as the festival of colours, is being celebrated with great fervour across the country. The festival is not just a celebration of colours, it's also a celebration of togetherness.
It is an Indian spring festival that celebrates love, color, and the triumph of good over evil. Traditionally, this was a major Hindu religious festival in North India, but the fun, vibrancy, unity, and joy associated with Holi has spread to non-Hindus in South Asia and various communities around the world.
One of the features of Holi is the use of colored powders called 'gulal' and colored water during the festival. Several days before the celebration itself, markets fill with colored powders of every hue for the festival-goers to purchase. There are people who still make the colored powders by themselves, usually from flowers or turmeric, in their homes.
The vibrant colors of the perfumed powder signify the joy of the arrival of spring and all the new colors blooming in nature. Each of the Holi colors also has a unique symbolism.
Here are the highlights of Holi 2019
Mar 21, 2019 12:55 (IST)
Warm, heartfelt greeting and best wishes on the occasion of Holi. Celebrate Holi with full festivity but try not to forget poor around you to double the happiness & also also cast your invaluable vote to fulfil the constitutional obligation as LS elections is on in the meantime, said chief Mayawati.
Mar 21, 2019 10:33 (IST)
The BSE, National Stock Exchange, forex and commodity futures markets will remain closed Thursday on account of Holi.
Mar 21, 2019 10:08 (IST)
Election Commission of India tweeted, "Carryover the spirit of Holi to the polling day to colour your finger with the indelible ink, marking your presence in! Vote is your right, Vote is your.
Mar 21, 2019 09:50 (IST)
President Ram Nath Kovind greeted the nation on the occasion of Holi, calling it "a celebration of spring and of our sense of fraternity"."On the occasion of the joyous festival of Holi, I convey my greetings to all fellow citizens in India and abroad," the President said in a statement. "This festival is a celebration of spring and of our sense of fraternity and mutual goodwill. May the confluence of colours bring positive energy to all our families and our shared society."
Mar 21, 2019 09:47 (IST)
Holi, also known as the festival of colours, is being celebrated with great fervour across the country. The festival marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring.