HOLI DAY-1

HOLI DAY-1


Chhoti Holi, Holika Dahan, Dole Purnima, Gaurang Mahaprabhu Jayanti

Chhoti Holi, Holika Dahan, Dole Purnima, Gaurang Mahaprabhu Jayanti


Holi festival has two parts Holika Dahan is done on the first day, it is called Chhoti Holi, and on the second day Rango ki Holi is played. It is called Holi. 

Dol Purnima and Gaurang

The festival of Chhoti Holi is celebrated with great enthusiasm in different parts of India. In Bengal, Orissa, Assam, it is celebrated as Dol Purnima and Gaurang Jayanti. And in North India, it is celebrated as Chhoti Holi.
We have told the story of Chhoti Holi i.e. Holika Dahan in its previous post.
It is also known as Dole Yatra or Dol Purnima. This festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm in the regions of Bengal, Orissa, Assam etc. This is a Vaishnava festival, on this day, the devotees take Shri Krishna in a decorated palanquin and arrange a huge procession in the city, playing with colours and Gulal. In a way, it can be considered as the beginning of Holi.
Dol yatra
Dol purnima


The Dol Jatra or Dol festival is celebrated a day before Holi in Bengal. On this day, women wear a traditional white sari with a red border and worship the Radha-Krishna, playing a conch, and organize a Prabhat-Pheri (morning procession). Kirtans and songs are sung, accompanied by singing and singing. The word dol means swing. By placing the Radha-Krishna idol on the swing, the women sing devotional songs and worship them.

Dol purnima
Dol purnima


Gaurang Mahaprabhu was born on Falgun Shukla Purnima i.e. on the eve of Holi. So one day before Holi we celebrate Gaurang Jayanti.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born 600 years ago in the village of Navdwip in West Bengal, now called Mayapur. Everyone used to call him Nimai as a child. People used to call them Gaurang, Gaur Hari, Gaur Sundar as being of Gauravarna.

Nitai-Nimai
Nimai-Nitai



Gaurang Mahaprabhu took sanyasa at the age of just 24. Shri Krishna Chaitanya is the name of his sannyasa. He started the great work of promoting Harinam. Today, what we sing in the name Hare Mahamantra is the gift of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to the world.

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu revived the extinct Vrindavan and discovered the missing Leelasthalis of Vrindavan and gave it the form that we see today. He got this work done by his great disciples, who we know by the name of Shad Goswami.

Vrindavan
Vrindavan




Wish you all Happy Holi
HOLI HAI... HAOLI HAI... HOLI HAI...

we will reveal another interesting story of HOLI soon....

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