The Holi One Festival of Colors, Ashrams, Meditation and Yoga in India
Namaste Bloggers (which means, Hello Bloggers in Hindi), There�s a lot you need to consider before just jetting off to India, saying you want to be at an � ashram ,� and you want to � meditate � ; � do yoga ,� and � attend the Holi One Festival of Colors .� Firstly, make sure you know what The Holi One Festival of Colors really is and why it is celebrated. It is so much more than just a festival to chuck colored powder ( gulal ) all over each other! The festival is symbolic to the victory of good over evil - this is the more ancient, religious belief on Holi. The night before Holi, bonfires will be lit which correspond to a story about a demon king called Hiranyakashipu and his evil sister, Holika . Hiranyakashipu demanded that everyone worshiped him but his own son, Prahlada , didn't agree. He worshiped another, Vishnu . This, of course, made Hiranyakashipa furious. He subjected his son to endless cruelty but nothing deterred Prahlada away from his faith....