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Wishing Everyone a splendid colorful Holi!

This was second holi at our current residence where we kick started the celebrations with the burning of Holika‘s pyre or Holi bonfire. It was nice to see lot of people turning up and performing “pooja” of the pyre. The participation in the event was more than our expectations as we were led to believe that no one was interested in performing Pooja. We had called few of our friends for dinner and it was very late when we were able to call it a day.

The next morning the first one to wake up was Neiv , all excited and ready to get drenched in the melange of colors. Even before we could go down and start playing holi, he was all soaked up in water!

The legend of Holi: In an attempt to kill his god loving son Pralhad, King Hiranyakashyap asked his sister Holika, who had a special gift that prevented her from being harmed by fire, to sit in fire with Pralhad in his lap. As Prahlad chanted God Vishnu’s name he was not hurt, but Holika was burnt to her death.

Holi celebrates the death of Holika and we see where Holi gets its name. The night before Holi pyres are burnt in keeping with this tradition. Holi is celebrated to mark victory of good over evil.

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Wishes to all of you for the 60th Republic Day of India. We went down to our local community function. It included Flag Hoisting, cakes n’ refreshment and few fun games. Neiv was real happy on receiving the participation gift in the end.

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