Happy Holi
By luck, Suzanne and I just happened to be in Mumbai on "Happy Holi" day... when all of India celebrates and plays with colors.
We are told in northern India the festival is more heavily celebrated than in the south, however when we walked out of our hotle for 15 minutes, the colors of Holi found us right away.
Here is a brief history of Holi:
"Holi is also associated with the Puranic story of Holika, the sister of demon-king Hiranyakashipu. The demon-king punished his son, Prahlad in a variety of ways to denounce Lord Narayana. He failed in all his attempts. Finally, he asked his sister Holika to take Prahlad in her lap and enter a blazing fire. Holika had a boon to remain unburned even inside fire. Holika did her brother's bidding. However, Holika's boon ended by this act of supreme sin against the Lord's devotee and was burnt to ashes. But Prahlad came out unharmed."
Video of Holi Celebration-- Little boy swipes color on Ryan's face. ;)
By luck, Suzanne and I just happened to be in Mumbai on "Happy Holi" day... when all of India celebrates and plays with colors.
We are told in northern India the festival is more heavily celebrated than in the south, however when we walked out of our hotle for 15 minutes, the colors of Holi found us right away.
Here is a brief history of Holi:
"Holi is also associated with the Puranic story of Holika, the sister of demon-king Hiranyakashipu. The demon-king punished his son, Prahlad in a variety of ways to denounce Lord Narayana. He failed in all his attempts. Finally, he asked his sister Holika to take Prahlad in her lap and enter a blazing fire. Holika had a boon to remain unburned even inside fire. Holika did her brother's bidding. However, Holika's boon ended by this act of supreme sin against the Lord's devotee and was burnt to ashes. But Prahlad came out unharmed."
Video of Holi Celebration-- Little boy swipes color on Ryan's face. ;)
Video of Holi Celebration with family... ;)
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