Holi is a festival of fun and colours. It falls in the month of March. This festival is celebrated in Northern India. Holi is a special occasion in the Braj Bhoomi, the area around Mathura and Vrindavan. This festival continues for about a week. People take out Jhankies of Krishan Leela and dance to the tune of drum.

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Holi is celebrated to commemorate the burning of Holika. Prahlad was a devotee of God. His father King Hirankashyapa did not like this. He wanted that people should worship him and not the God. So, he wanted to kill Bhagat Prahlad. He tried many ways to kill Prahlad, but failed. His sister Holika had a boon that fire will not harm her. The king asked his sister Holika to enter into the pyre of fire with Prahlad in her lap so that the boy Prahlad could be burnt alive. But Holika was burnt in the fire whereasPrahlad was not harmed.

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On the Holi day the effigy of Holika is burnt. People rejoice on the burning of this evil spirit, Holika. Next day they come out with colours and gulal. They throw coloured-water on their friends and other people. Young boys and girls come out in groups and visit their friends. They apply gulal to their faces and enjoy the fun. They sing and dance. People after swets and say Holi Mubarak.  

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