New Delhi: Holi isjust around the corner and we are excited the same way you are. This is a celebration of colors and is seen on the Purnima Tithi of Phalguna Month.
Here, individuals mark the promising festivals by putting colors on each other.
Aside from the customs of applying gulal, in Uttar Pradesh’s Barsana and Nandgaon they follow an extraordinary practice which is called Lathmar Holi. This converts into beating up with a stick. Indeed, it’s actual!
Date history and meaning of the celebration.
In Mathura, the festivals of Holi start seven days before the celebration. In this way, since Holi will be celebrated on March 29, the festivals including the lathmar Holi began on March 22.
Lathmar Holi 2021: Celebration
Lathmar Holi is principally rehearsed in Shri Krishna Janam Bhoomi that is close to the town of Mathura, UP. According to famous Hindu convictions, this practice is from antiquated occasions where men from Nandagaon (Lord Sri Krishna’s place) travel to Barsana which is Radha Rani’s home seven days before Holi. Also, when the men visit, ladies from Barsana are assumed to hit them with sticks. Men ordinarily convey a safeguard to secure themselves while ladies beat them with sticks.
Lathmar Holi 2021: History
According to the customs, it is accepted that Radha had beaten Lord Sri Krishna with a stick after he and his companions appeared at her place soaked in colors. In Barsana men reach there to play Holi with ladies and smear color on them while ladies at that point need to secure themselves by beating the men with wooden sticks. Then, if the folklore is to be believed Lord Sri Krishna was invited to Barsana and when he accepted the invitation, people in the town played holi with Laddoos.
