March 05, 2018
Holi Celebrations at Dotsquares
Holi, a festival that many have to come to recognize as the festival of colours, is written about in Puranas and Vedas as the festival of exuberance arising from the demolition of evil.
There are many tales associated with the reasoning behind why the festival is celebrated, most prominent being that of Hiranyakashyap and his son Prahalad. Hiranyakashyap was a demon king who, after attaining some occult powers, had made a proclamation that he be worshipped as the...