india uttar pradesh mathura The name of the festival is Holi because of the story of a devotee boy Prahlad who didn t comply with the wishes of his demonic father This king didn t want his boy to take the path of righteousness so he tried to kill him in several ways When nothing succeeded he asked his sister Holika for help She had the capacity of invoking fire without getting burned herself Holika sat with Prahlad in her lap and flames leaped to the sky around them The demon king was happy that he was rid of his righteous son but when the fire cooled down Prahlad was sitting calmly in ashes
india uttar pradesh mathura The name of the festival is Holi because of the story of a devotee boy Prahlad who didn t comply with the wishes of his demonic father This king didn t want his boy to take the path of righteousness so he tried to kill him in several ways When nothing succeeded he asked his sister Holika for help She had the capacity of invoking fire without getting burned herself Holika sat with Prahlad in her lap and flames leaped to the sky around them The demon king was happy that he was rid of his righteous son but when the fire cooled down Prahlad was sitting calmly in the ashes and Holika had been consumed by the flames The ritual of Holi centers around a bonfire on the night of the full moon where the image of Holika is set on fire fulled not only by dead wood and broken furniture but by all the previous year s ill feeling and malice At the time of the bonfire even sworn enemies hug and embrace each other
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