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Holi 2023: What is Holi and Why Holi is celebrated

  Holi 2023   Holi is a Hindu Festival.It is the festival of Colour. The festival is celebrated almost all over the India.This festival celebrated in the Spring season.Spring season is called Basanta Rutu in Indian language.It is composed of two month Falguna and Chaitra of Hindu Calendar. This festival is celebrated for two day.In the first day Holika Dahan ( Burning of Holika ) is observed and in the second day Colourfull Holi festival is celebrated.Holika Dahan is observed on Falguna Purnima tithi ( Full moon day ) of Hindu Calendar.The Colourfull Holi festival observes on Chaitra Krishna Paksha Pratipada tithi ( First day of Chaitra month ) of Hindu Calendar. In this year Holika Dahan falls on 7 March 2023 and Holi falls on 8 March 2023 of the Gregorian Calendar.In Holika Dahan a lot of wood are kept in one place for burning. The wood are then burned.People moves around the fire.Some people try to jump over the fire.In Holi festival Hindu People smear   powder colour in the fac

Mahabishuba Sankranti/ Mesha Sankranti/Odia New Year/Baishakhi/Vaishakhi

Mahabishuba Sankranti/ Mesha Sankranti   Mahabishuba Sankranti or Mesha Sankranti is also known as Pana Sankranti . Pana Sankranti is a puja observed in Odisha . This day is celebrated as the New Year in Odisha . So this day is called O dia New Year . This day is celebrated as the birth day of  hindu god Hanuman in Odisha. So this day is called Hanuman Jayanti in Odisha . This day is also known as New Year in Punjanb called Baishakhi (or Vaishakhi ). This day generally falls on April 13 or 14 every year. This day falls on April 13 only on the leap year.     There are two types of calendar in Bharatiya Jyotisha Shashtra. That are Chandramana calender and Souramana calendar .The calendar is called Panchangam in Sanskrit, Panjika in Odia, Bengoli and Assamese.     According to Chandramana calendar Purnima is the first day of the month and last day of the month also because in a cyclic process the first point is the last point also.   According to Souramana calendar Sankranti