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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

sanatana dharma

  Sanatana Dharma Sanatana Dharma is the actual name of Hindu Dharma . We will discuss the meaning of the word Sanatana and Hindu. 1-Sanatana Sanatana means which has no starting and no ending, which is permanent and always true. The word no starting is called Anadi in Sanskrit and the word no ending is called Ananta in Sanskrit. The word Dharma literally means Duty and Characteristics.   For Example Studying is the Dharma for a student. Treatment is the Dharma for a Doctor. The Dharma of fire is to provide heat. The Dharma of water is to provide coolness. The Dharma for a Mother to take care of her Children and Family. The Dharma for a Father to provide safety and security to his children and family. If we discuss electrical engineering then the Dharma of a Resistor is to provide resistance. The Dharma of Capacitor is to provide capacitance. So the word Dharma has very wide meaning. The definition of the word Dharma in Sanskrit is as below. Dharyate iti Dha