Holi is one of the blissfully and vividly celebrated festivals among Hindus of different part of the world majorly in Nepal and India. It is termed as Hindu spring celebration that signifies the arrival of spring, victory of good over evil and for all the day to cherish the relationship and spread love, care and joy. The festival is celebrated or played with different colours and waters which are used to smear and drench the peoples. People put colours and throw water to each other, not only to closed ones but to the strangers as well no matter of age, race, and status. Therefore this day even signifies the equality and love among all.

Religious Significance:

This is the day when Lord Vishnu killed the King Hiranyakashipu, who was known as the king of demons. King Hiranyakashipu was an arrogant demon who thought he was a God and wants everyone to worship. However, his own son was a devotee of lord Vishnu therefore; he tried to kill his son of which none of the punishments work. Finally, Holika the sister of King Hiranyakashipu tricked him into sitting on a pyre with her.

Holika was wearing a cloak that made her immune to injury from fire, while Prahlada was not. As the fire roared, the cloak flew from Holika and encased Prahlada who survived while Holika burned. It is done by the Lord Vishnu who appears as an avatar of Narasimha – half human and half lion and killed King Hiranyakashipu. Since that time the Holi is celebrated as the symbolic victory of good over evil.

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