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The celebration of the festival of Holi is very old in its origin and is described already in the ancient writings sutras. In its essence, that festival is the celebration of the final victory of good over evil. Literally, Holi means burning out, and, like all the other spiritual festivals, it has many legends connected to it, all of them having one thing in common \u2013 in the end the evil is defeated, and burned, and the victory of good is celebrated. Apart from the story about Prahlad, there is a story of an evil witch Putana who wanted to poison the baby Krishna by offering him her poisonous milk, but instead of succeeding, she was burned at bonfires. There is also the victory of Lord Shiva over Kamdev, who was burned by the Lord Shiva\u2019s third eye when he tried to trick him on the day of Holi. The following legend narrates how the grandchildren of one grandmother had to be sacrificed to a female demon, Holika. The sadhus told the grandmother that Holika can be defeated by laughing at her. So she gathered some children who surrounded Holika and started to laugh at her. The deamon fell dead on the ground and the children made a bonfire and burned her\u2026and many others of her kind.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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