Happy Holi 2018

[jamahir]

Have a fun Holi and a safe Holi

@Levina @Joe Shearer @Nilgiri

 

[Joe Shearer]

Have a fun Holi and a safe Holi

@Levina @Joe Shearer @Nilgiri

Thank you, @jamahir.

 

[Śakra]

 

[Srinivas]

Happy Holi !

 

[El Sidd]

eee lee babwa tumhaar holi mubarak

 

[I.R.A]

Happy holi ........

Do you play holi or do you celebrate holi? And where does this holi word come from? What does it mean?

 

[Well.wisher]

Holiii haa !
Happy holi to u !

 

[Jackdaws]

Happy holi ........

Do you play holi or do you celebrate holi? And where does this holi word come from? What does it mean?

Not anymore - used to play it till a few years ago.

The demon Holika was killed by Prahlad. This is the legend - (from wikipedia)

According to Bhagavat Purana,[1][2][3] a king named Hiranyakashipu who, like many demons and Asuras, had the intense desire to be immortal. To fulfill this desire, he performed the required Tapas or penances until he was granted a boon by Brahma. Since the Gods rarely granted immortality, he used his guile and cunning to get a boon that he thought made him immortal. The boon gave Hiranyakashyapu five special powers: he could be killed by neither a human being nor an animal, neither indoors nor outdoors, neither at day nor at night, neither by astra (projectile weapons) nor by any shastra (handheld weapons), and neither on land nor in water or air. As this wish was granted, Hiranyakashyapu felt invincible, which made him arrogant. Hiranyakashyapu decreed that only he be worshiped as a God, punished and killed anyone who did not accept his orders. His son Prahladdisagreed with his father, and refused to worship his father as a god. He continued believing and worshipping Lord Vishnu.

This made Hiranyakashipu very angry and he made various attempts to kill Prahlad. During a particular attempt on Prahlad's life, King Hiranyakashyapu called upon his sister Holika for help. Holika had a special cloak garment that prevented her from being harmed by fire. Hiranyakashyapu asked her to sit on a bonfire with Prahlad, by tricking the boy to sit on her lap. However, as the fire roared, the garment flew from Holika and covered Prahlad. Holika burnt to death, Prahlad came out unharmed.[1][2]

Vishnu appeared in the form of Narasimha - half human and half lion, at dusk (when it was neither day nor night), took Hiranyakashyapu at a doorstep (which was neither indoors nor outdoors), placed him on his lap (which was neither land, water nor air), and then eviscerated and killed the king with his lion claws (which were neither a handheld weapon nor a launched weapon). In this form, the boon of five special powers granted to Hiranyakashyapu were no longer useful. Prahlad and the kingdom of human beings were thus free from the compulsion and fear of Hiranyakashyapu, showing the victory of good over evil

 

[313ghazi]

Hope you all have a good day.

 

[Spring Onion]

Happy Holi to Our Pakistani Hindu brothers and sister and to my dear friends from India and common Indians.

 

[ghazi52]

 

[Samlee]

Very Happy Holi To All Hindus Of Pakistan and Abroad

 

[Divergent]

Happy Holi guys, have a fab one.

Divergent

 

[shootingstar]

Nice song. Is it a movie song or a pop album? Can you provide more details about the movie or the album name.

Thanks

 

[Śakra]

Nice song. Is it a movie song or a pop album? Can you provide more details about the movie or the album name.

Thanks

Are you being sarcastic? This is the Indian anthem.