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What is Holashtak: You must have heard this name ‘Holashtak’, but there will be many people for whom this name will be completely new. So let us tell you today, what is Holashtak. Holi festival is celebrated on the full moon day of Phalgun month. On this day, people across the country apply colors and gulal to each other and celebrate the festival of Holi. But Holashtak starts eight days before Holi. During this period, doing any kind of auspicious work is prohibited. Let us tell you that this time Holika Dahan is on 24th March, and Holi will be played with colors on 25th March.
This year, according to the Hindu calendar, Holashtak is starting from 17 March 2024. Which will remain till 24th March. During this period, it is prohibited to do auspicious and auspicious works. But do you know why Holi starts just eight days before, and why auspicious works are not done at home during Holashtak.
Mythological story related to Holashtak
According to mythological stories, Hiranyakashyap had fixed the date of Phalgun Purnima to kill his son and ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu, Prahlad. 8 days before this date, he had started torturing Prahlad in many ways. Hiranyakashipu had tortured Prahlad so much so that he would get scared and become his devotee instead of saffron Vishnu. But even after these tortures, Prahlad remained firm on his devotion.
Prahlad asked Holika for help
According to the scriptures, Holika was the sister of Hiranyakashyap. Holika was blessed with the boon that she would never burn in fire. In such a situation, Prahlad asked Holika for help. Holika sat in the fire with Prahlad in her lap, so that Prahlad would get burnt, and she would remain safe because of the boon given to her. By the grace of Lord Vishnu, Prahlad did not burn in that fire, but Holika got burnt to ashes in that fire. Let us tell you that all these incidents happened in just 8 days, that is why it is known as Holashtak. For this reason, auspicious and auspicious works are prohibited during Holashtak.
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first published : March 15, 2024, 5:17 pm IST
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