Holi Guides

Recipes for Holi - The Festival of Colors & Fun

Holi is one of the major and important Hindu spring festival in the Indian calender. People celebrate this festival with lots of colors and that is why it is called Festival of colors and unlimited fun. The celebrations starts in the morning and lasts till evening. In Braj Holi is celebrated for a month. It is said that the festival of Holi actually originated in Braj and is played with great enthusiasm at all places associated with Lord Krishna. The places are Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and Barsana. These places have become one of the top tourist destinations during the festive season ...

Holi- The Hindu Festival of Color!

If you happen to be in India towards the end of Feb or in the month of March, you are likely to witness one of the most colorful celebration in the world...the Hindu festival of color- Holi. The festival of Holi which was originally a symbolic commemmoration of a legend from Hindu Mythology, is now a days more of an exuberant show of goodwill and cheer, with all classes of society mixing up and celebrating the festival by playing and putting color on each other, painting the town rainbow shades! Here's a look at the religious significance of Holi and how it is celebrated today:

Gujarat : Where Life is a Celebration

Where azure seas meet sparkling sands, blushing sunsets embrace rosy dawns. The jungles are verdant, lush and green, where lions prowl and flamingos preen. Marble temples white and pure, reflect the glory of the days of yore. Age-old palaces browned in the sun and water parks for a day of fun. Here tribal life is a celebration, of music, dance and multicolored traditions. Gujarat, one of the most industrialized states in India is situated on the west coast of India between 20o-6' N to 24o-42' N north latitude and 68o-10'E to 74o-28'E east longitude. It came into existence as a separate Sta...