Why Holikadahana is celebrated one day before Full Moon Day of Chaitra or the advent of spring.
Ritu is important for procreation. It is also related to fertility cycle. Spring is the best period for fertility. It is marked by a change over from cold to warm season. It is also marked by the large varieties of flowers and leaves that spring up to life. People contact cold during this change over period. Hence, the previous night, people gather around fire to give up the last vestige of cold. The next day, then apply the dried and powdered leaves and flowers to their body and take a thorough bath, which cleanses the bodies. This natural principle is enforced by making it ritualistic.
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• Burn ignorance in holika dahan by knowing SCIENCE OF HOLIKA DAHANA.Holika Dahana – burning of Holika, the demoness (होलिकादहन), is associated with Nrisimha Avatara (नृसिंह अवतार). The story is that the Demon King Hiranya Kashipu (हिरण्यकशिपु) had a son na
  Burn ignorance in holika dahan by knowing SCIENCE OF HOLIKA DAHANA.Holika Dahana – burning of Holika, the demoness (होलिकादहन), is associated with Nrisimha Avatara (नृसिंह अवतार). The story is that the Demon King Hiranya Kashipu (हिरण्यकशिपु) had a son named Prahlada (प्रह्लाद), who was a devotee of Lord Vishnu. The father tried to dissuade him, but failed. Once he called Holika (होलिका), a relati

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