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[[File:Holi-Celebration.jpg|right|300px|Playing Holi]] | [[File:Holi-Celebration.jpg|right|300px|Playing Holi]] | ||
[[File:Littile Girl Playing Holi with Gulaal.jpg|thumb|300px|Girl playing Holi with gulaal colors]] | [[File:Littile Girl Playing Holi with Gulaal.jpg|thumb|300px|Girl playing Holi with gulaal colors]] | ||
'''Holi'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehinduopinion.com/2020/03/happy-holi.html|title=Holi 2020|last=Hindu Opinion|first=THe|website=The Hindu Opinion}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is one of the major [[festival]]s of [[Hindus]]. It is celebrated in South Asian countries, especially in India and Nepal. Hiranyanaksap wanted to kill his son, so he called his sister, Holika. She had a magic robe. This robe had the power to save the wearer from burning in fire. Hiranyakashyap ordered his sister to sit on a burning fire along with Prahlad. He thought that his sister would not be harmed by the fire of the magic robe and Prahlad would be burnt to death. But the result was the opposite to what the evil demon king planned. | '''Holi'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehinduopinion.com/2020/03/happy-holi.html|title=Holi 2020|last=Hindu Opinion|first=THe|website=The Hindu Opinion}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is one of the major [[festival]]s of [[Hindus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://researchguides.case.edu/Holi-BasantPanchami|title=Festivals for Spring: Holi and Basant Kite Festival: Holi|quote=Holi celebrates love, forgiveness, and triumph of good over evil}}</ref> It is celebrated in South Asian countries, especially in India and Nepal. Hiranyanaksap wanted to kill his son, so he called his sister, Holika. She had a magic robe. This robe had the power to save the wearer from burning in fire. Hiranyakashyap ordered his sister to sit on a burning fire along with Prahlad. He thought that his sister would not be harmed by the fire of the magic robe and Prahlad would be burnt to death. But the result was the opposite to what the evil demon king planned. | ||
Thus Prahlad came out of the burning fire safely and Holika was burnt to death. and holi is the festival of colours.It is celebrated with colors to mark the victory of virtue and goodness over evil. | Thus Prahlad came out of the burning fire safely and Holika was burnt to death. and holi is the festival of colours.It is celebrated with colors to mark the victory of virtue and goodness over evil. | ||