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Happy Wish You All a Colourful, Happy Holi from Worldofceleb.com
Date - March 22, 2008
HOLI HAI ! ! !
Holi should actually be called the "Dol Yatra", or the "Dol
Poornima", if one wants to stick to the authentic scriptures of
the Puranas. "Dol" refers to the swinging of Lord Krishna with
his heavenly beloved Radhika (Radha), encircled by the 'Gopas'
and the 'Gopinis' (the male and female inhabitants of Vrindavan,
where Shri Krishna resided thousands of years back). Every year,
on this full-moon night, the Lord romantically swang with Radha
in the swing, decorated with beautiful wild flowers and leaves,
the Gopas and the Gopinis were busy smearing colours to each
other, and to the Lord and His concert, in a heavenly jovial
mood. It was spring time, and the full-moon night ("Poornima")
of the month of 'Phalguna'. Adorned with the smeared colors, the
yellow attire, the garland of flowers, the ornaments of gold and
the peacock-feather in the golden crown, Lord Krishna, along
with Radha, as if, defamed the beauty of a thousand 'Kamadeva'-s
(the Hindu God of love and beauty).
...It's Holi, the vibrant festival of colors!! Holi - the word
was originally hori or happiness in Brajbhasha, a dialect
derived from the Sanskrit language. In fact, in Braj, people
still call Holi, Hori. |
