HOLI – Festival of Colors and a lot more!!!

HOLI is the most vibrant of all the festivals in India! Playing with colors, dancing with the toli, breaking of matka and bhang, all these have their own joy whose limits are not known. Once again this colorful festival is round the corner and we have brought you the 11 places where you can celebrate HOLI. What’s more this year we have an extended weekend too! Just read on and pack your bags!

    1.       Braj (Barsana , Mathura and Vrindavan) , Uttar Pradesh

Braj bhoomi in West UP is probably the best place in India during the HOLI weekend.

Barsana, the birth place of Radha, celebrates HOLI in a unique way. During the festival, men are beaten up by women with long bamboo sticks and men have to save themselves with a shield. During this the men are not allowed to fight back or get angry! Ever imagined such a HOLI, known as “Lath Maar HOLI”?

Lord Krishna was born in Mathura and he spent his childhood in Vrindavan. Both these places are immersed in the joy weeks before HOLI. This is the place to celebrate the most traditional and cultural HOLI in India. Long processions with colors and music takes place along the river Yamuna to the HOLI gate!

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Lath Maar Holi (Source)

    

2.       Shantiniketan , West Bengal

The land of the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Shantiniketan celebrates HOLI as Basant Utsav (Spring Festival). Students of Vishwa Bharti University dress up in spring colors and a huge event is organized for the visitors’ which includes dancing on the tunes of Tagore’s song. This is then followed by usual color play of HOLI.

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Basant Utsav (Source)

    3.       Purulia , West Bengal

Purulia is a 5 hour drive away from Kolkata and is known for the best folk and traditional HOLI celebration in whole of Bengal. The HOLI celebrations include Chau dance, Darbari Jhumur, Natua Dance by the locals and songs of the wandering baul musicians. Dance your way to HOLI this year!

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Music mixed with colors ! (Source)

    4.       DELHI

When it comes to the colorful festival, the National Capital of India is definitely in the list of one of the best cities to celebrate HOLI! Not only that the HOLI of Delhi is different from all other places, it has a tinge of modern style too! The festival doesn’t leave anyone un-colored and there is the mix of DJ, bands, bhaang , street food and more colors everywhere! HOLI Cow festival is a privately managed festival which is famous for HOLI Celebrations!

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Rang Barse !! (Source)

    5.       Anandpur Sahib , Punjab

If you want to experience HOLI Sikh way then head to Anandpur Sahib in Punjab! Hola Mohalla is an annual fair which started by Sikh Guru Gobind Singh Ji way back in 1701 A.D. and continues to take place even today.
However this festival does not include colors and instead is the demonstration of physical strength and agility. Wresting , Martial Arts , Sword Fights and Turban tying are few of the events that take place.

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Hola Mohalla (Source)

    6.       Jaipur , Rajasthan

Rajasthan is quite a vibrant state in itself when come to any festival and HOLI is not different at all. Jaipur welcomes HOLI every year by a massive parade comprising of intricately decorated elephants , camels , horses and folk dancers on the streets of the city. It is one of its kind celebrations and often termed as Elephant Festival of Jaipur. A tug of war between 20 men and an elephant is a must watch!

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Elephant Festival of colors (Source)

    7.       Mumbai , Maharashtra

The city of Govinda, a name given to the city because popular HOLI celebrations.  HOLI parties just like in Delhi are arranged on almost every street in the city.
Because of the presence of lot of Bollywood celebrities the HOLI of Mumbai does turn into an interesting festival with celebs celebrating in their own unique way!

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Spreading love through Colors (Source)

    8.       Varanasi , Uttar Pradesh

HOLI celebrations in Varanasi are quite spectacular and iconic. The day prior to HOLI , a large bonfire is lit on the banks of the river Ganges. Once it is over , many people rub the ashes all over their body as they believe it cures any ailments to them and purify their body.
Following day is the day of colors .Varanasi is a city of Chaos and what happens on the day of HOLI is completely beyond the imagination!

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Bura Na Mano Holi Hai !! (Source)

    9.       GOA

Goa’s answer to the festival of colors is Shigmotsav. It is not exactly the festival of colors and rather is a blend between the colorful festival and a carnival. Well it does stands out to be the biggest festival of Hindus in Goa and lasts for a fortnight. The grande finale of the festival is held on the same day as HOLI. 
Men in colorful dresses carrying flags , banners and beating drums take on the streets. The parade assembles at the temple where dances are held which is followed by light play of color.

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Shigmotsav (Source)

    10.   Kullu and Slang Pass , Himachal Pradesh

While the rest of Himachal celebrates HOLI in the same way as in any other Northern part of India, Kullu and Slang Pass is one of the places which celebrates HOLI by mixing snow with colors making it an “Ice-HOLI”.
Every child is ready with pichkaris and gulaal to drench and color everyone who’s around.

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Ice-Holi (Source)

    11.   Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Revelry is no less in Madhya Pradesh and same level of enthusiasm can be seen amongst the citizens of this state as in the rest of North. Indore in specific is famous for HOLI celebrations in MP , the heart of India.
A 5 day festival comes to an end with Pancham HOLI. It is said the Maratha Holkars who conquered the state brought with them Marathi tradition of Rangpanchami- where the colour are played on the fifth day.

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Pancham Holi (Source)

                                                                               

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