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It is the day people let their hair down, forget all differences of caste creed or color or socio-economic divides and embrace each other with colors of various hues.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp class=\u0022text-align-justify\u0022\u003EThe colors used primarily in the festival are red, which represents love and fertility, yellow, the color of India\u2019s healing medicine since ancient times - turmeric, then green, symbolizing spring season and blue which is the color of Krishna\u2019s skin. People traditionally smear and paint each other with colors in parks, buildings, temples and on the streets, and everyone young or old joins in on the fun.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp class=\u0022text-align-justify\u0022\u003EMany an elders or those who do not wish to really play it all out, with due respect, are put a small bit on their foreheads as a mark of celebration. Mouth watering sweets called \u2018Gujiyas\u2019 are shared with all coming over and playing. Family and community lunches are organized post late afternoon as the festival closes and all adorn a neat yet colorful look which tends to go post a few days.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp class=\u0022text-align-justify\u0022\u003EThis Hindu festival is also celebrated in Nepal and marks both the onset of spring season and the triumph of good over evil. Holi this year fell in March.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp class=\u0022text-align-justify\u0022\u003ELike most of India\u2019s festive traditions, Holi too has its roots in Indian mythology and its traditions vary throughout the country. For instance, for many the festival signifies the legend of Hiranyakashipu, a demon king from the Puranic scriptures of Hinduism. And so the legend goes that the demon king, with the help of his sister, Holika, wished to kill his son, Prahlada, a devoted worshipper of Vishnu, much to his power-hungry father\u2019s disappointment. In the pursuit of burning Prahlada, Holika sat with him on a pyre, wearing a special cloak that was to protect her from the fire. But fate turned its wheels around and the cloak protected Prahlada instead, and Holika burned. Later, that night Vishnu in his boar avatar known as Varaha, succeeded in killing Hiranyakashipu by ramming his tusks into his chest, and the episode was heralded as a triumph of good over evil. In many places in India, a large bonfire is lit on the night before Holi, to celebrate this victory.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp class=\u0022text-align-justify\u0022\u003EFor some, the story of Krishna and Radha is more central. The story goes that Krishna, a Hindu deity and yet another manifestation (from a total of 10!) of Vishnu, fell in love with the village dairymaid Radha, but was embarrassed that his skin was dark blue and hers fair. To fix this, Krishna playfully colored Radha\u2019s face during a game with her and the other dairymaids. This is believed to be the origin of the water and coloured powder throwing, and the general merrymaking celebrates Krishna\u2019s fun charisma that loved pranks and play.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp class=\u0022text-align-justify\u0022\u003EThe best Indian destinations to enjoy the splendour of this fun festival are Mathura, Vrindavan, Varanasi, Jaipur and Goa where the festival is known as Shigmotsav and locals perform their folk dances in traditional Goan attire, lamps and intricately crafted floats. The most popular destination of them all for Holi is Jaipur, which is thronged by locals and tourists, all lost in carefree colour play. The others are Varanasi (Master photographer Steve McCurry has managed to capture the festival in all its vibrant and cultural glory at the ghats! 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