Holi celebration: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted people as people across the country are celebrating the event of festival of color Holi.
“Wishing you all a happy and colorful Holi! May your life always be filled with the colors of joy and enthusiasm,” PM Modi tweeted.
The festival of colours was being celebrated across the country. People have been seen in teams in each village and metropolis smearing gulaal on their faces and they’re additionally seen sprinkling colourful waters. Residential societies organized Holi occasions with music.
Unique Holi at UP temples
Twenty quintals of ‘tesu’ flowers and 50 quintals of ‘gulal’ of assorted hues are stocked at Dauji temple in Baldeo area of Uttar Pradesh to rejoice a singular Holi performed by ‘bhabhis’ and ‘devars’ — sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
In the celebration, womenfolk representing ‘bhabhis’ and “brothers-in-law” play what’s regionally referred to as “Huranga”. The girls lash the lads with moist cotton material.
“This distinctive Holi might be performed contained in the Dauji temple on Thursday. Lord Krishna used to play this Holi with Revati (spouse of Krishna’s brother Baldeo),” temple priest Govind Pandey advised PTI.
“The men drench the women with tesu colour, while the women try to save their new clothes from getting spoiled. In the spirit of the festival, the women also tear the clothes of the men and use them as whips,” he stated.
A person dressed up as Lord Krishna and one other as his elder brother sit on a raised platform within the temple, and watch the celebrations unfold as the folks music ‘Aaj Biraj Me Holi Re Rasiya’ performs within the background.
Before ‘Huranga’ begins, devotional music is performed earlier than the deity for an hour to hunt permission to hold on with the festival, the priest stated.
“Twenty quintals of ‘tesu’ flowers, 50 quintals of ‘gulal’ (colour powder) of different hues, five quintals of alum, 10 quintals of lime and five quintals of saffron colour have been purchased,” Pandey stated.
Twenty quintals of rose and marigold petals have been additionally ordered. District Magistrate Pulkit Khare stated all safety preparations have been made for the day. Police personnel might be posted in plainclothes to test hooliganism and any misbehaviour with girls, he stated.
(With PTI enter)
